A unique example of discrete molecular entity Nd(y)Er(x)Yb(3-(x+y))Q9 (1) (Q = quinolinolato) containing three different lanthanides simultaneously emitting in three different spectral regions in the NIR, ranging from 900 to 1600 nm, has been synthesized and fully chararacterized. A simple molecular strategy based on tuning metal composition in the Ln3Q9 framework, which contains inequivalent c...

We report the addition of M-H bonds (M = Al, Zn, Mg) to a Rh(iii) intermediate generated from the reductive elimination of triethylsilane from [Cp*Rh(H)2(SiEt3)2]. A series of new heterobimetallic complexes possessing Rh-M bonds have been isolated and characterised by a number of spectroscopic (1H, 29Si, 13C, 103Rh NMR, infrared, and X-ray diffraction) and computational techniques (NBO and QTAI...

Chiral alkyl or amido yttrium complexes were prepared from N-silyl- or N-cyclopentyl-substituted binaphthylamido ligands. According to the synthetic procedure, these complexes could be obtained in their neutral form or as heterobimetallic complexes in the presence of 1 equiv. LiCl. These new species were characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopies, elemental analyses and some of them by X-ray di...

Heterobimetallic NiZn complexes featuring metal centers in distinct coordination environments have been synthesized using diimine-dioxime ligands as binucleating scaffolds. A tetramethylfuran-containing ligand derivative enables a stable one-electron-reduced S = 1/2 species to be accessed using Cp2Co as a chemical reductant. The resulting pseudo-square planar complex exhibits spectroscopic and ...

Statistical mechanics predicts that the design of pure organized heteropolymetallic chains of metal ions bound to linear receptors depends on controlled deviations from the mixing rule DeltaE(MiMj) = 1/2 (DeltaE(MiMi) + DeltaE(MjMj)), whereby DeltaE(MiMj) is the intramolecular intermetallic interaction between neighboring metal i and metal j along the receptor. A thorough investigation of linea...

Magnesium silylamide complexes Mg[N(SiHMe(2))(2)](2)(THF)(2) and Mg[N(SiPhMe(2))(2)](2) were synthesized according to transsilylamination and alkane elimination protocols, respectively, utilizing Mg[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2)(THF)(2) and [Mg(n-Bu)](2) as precursors. Cage-like periodic mesoporous silica SBA-1 was treated with donor solvent-free dimeric [Mg{N(SiHMe(2))(2)}(2)](2), [Mg{N(SiMe(3))(2)}(2)](2...

Over the last decade, a significant body of research has been developed around the inclusion of a metallocene moiety into known antimalarial compounds. Ferroquine is the most successful of these compounds. Herein, we describe our contribution to metallocene antimalarials. Our approach has sought to introduce diversity sites in the side chain of ferroquine in order to develop a series of ferroqu...

A novel, three-coordinate gold(I) dimer, Au2(tfepm)3Cl2 (la, lb), was synthesized and structurally characterized. Four gold(I)-rhodium(I) heterobimetallic complexes, AuIRh'(tBuNC) 2(-dppm) 2C12 (2), Au'Rh'( tBuNC) 2 (u-dmpm) 2Cl 2 (3), Au'Rh'( tBuNC) 2(,utfepm)2 C12 (4), and AuIRh(tBuNC) 2(u-tfepma)2Cl2 (5) were synthesized and 2, 3, and 5 were crystallographically characterized. Absorption spe...

Though s-block organometallics are indispensable tools in synthetic chemistry, their impact homogeneous catalysis has been small compared to that for transition metals. Surprisingly, however, Group 1 and 2 compounds have recently utilised hydroelementation catalysis. For example, transfer hydrogenation of alkenes alkanes catalysed by (Ca, Sr, Ba) bis-hexamethyldisilazides (HMDS), though reactio...