The transformation of an amidinate germylene, equipped with just one accessible lone pair of electrons on the Ge atom, into a bidentate 4-electron donor κ(2)Ge,N-ligand, has been achieved for the first time, opening new doors to the non-carbene-like coordination chemistry of heavier carbene analogues.

By using a tridentate N^C^N-coordinating ligand, the luminescence of a cyclometallated Pt(II) complex can be shifted into the blue region, without the problematic drop-off in quantum yield observed for bidentate analogues. The combination of blue-shifted monomer and excimer allows white-emitting OLEDs with high colour rendering index to be produced.

Complexation of the bridging bidentate ligand N,N'-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)dinicotinamide, L with palladium(II) resulted in a single discrete M(2)L(4) self-assembly, 1, in a quantitative manner. The entropically-controlled assembly of 1 resulted in a rare saturated, quadruple-stranded metallo-helicate, in which both the left-handed (M) and right-handed (P) helicates exist in the crystal structure.

In the title compound, [ZnBr(2)(C(12)H(12)N(2))], the Zn(II) atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tetra-hedral arrangement by an N,N'-bidentate 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine ligand and two bromide ions. In the crystal, there are aromatic π-π contacts between the pyridine rings [centroid-centroid distances = 3.818 (3) and 3.728 (4) Å].

The title compound, [Au(2)Cl(2)(C(30)H(34)N(2)O(4)P(2))]·2C(4)H(8)O, is formed from a bidentate phosphine ligand complexed to two almost linearly coordinated gold(I) atoms [P-Au-Cl = 175.68 (3) Å]. The nuclei are 3.122 (2) Å apart. The mol-ecule exhibits a twofold rotation axis.

the mononuclear complex [cu(l)(ch3cn)(pph3)]clo4, (1), (l= 2,5-diphenyl-3,4-bis(2-pyridyl)cyclopenta-2,4-dien-1-one), has been synthesized and investigated by elemental analysis, ir, 1h nmr, uv-vis spectroscopic methods and x-ray diffraction. the complex crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric space group p212121 in accord with the asymmetric (atropisomer) cu centre. its coordination polyhedron...

New Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes of the type [M(bzoS)2(diamine)] {where M = or } from treatment one mole diamine ligands {diamine , phenanthroline (Phen), bipyridine (Bipy), ethylene (en), N,N′-dimethyl (dmen)} with [M(bzoS)2] complexes. The prepared were characterization by elemental analysis (CHN), molar conductivity, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance proton (1H NMR). bzoS- lig...

In the title compound, [RuCl(C(6)H(6))(C(15)H(17)NS)]PF(6), the cation adopts a three-legged piano-stool structure around the Ru(II) atom with an η(6)-benzene ligand, a chloride ligand and a 2-[2-(tert-butyl-sulfan-yl)phen-yl]pyridine (btppy) ligand. The btppy ligand acts as a N,S-bidentate ligand, forming a six-membered ring, which has an envelope conformation. The S-Ru-N bite angle is 86.76 (...