Reacting nickel(ii)perchlorate with a bidentate P,N-ligand in methanol leads to P,C-bond cleavage and gives a five-coordinate nickel complex wherein the nickel(ii) site is coordinated by a tridentate P,N,P-ligand and a bidentate N,C-ligand. The carbanion of the latter is the result of the P,C-bond cleaving process. The diamagnetic nickel(ii) complex was characterized by means of elemental analy...

The title compound, [Cu(C(14)H(13)N(2)O(2))(N(3))], is a monomeric neutral complex with one unsymmetrical 6-meth-oxy-2-(2-pyridylmethyl-imino-meth-yl)phenolate Schiff base ligand and one azide ligand. The mol-ecules are connected by a combination of two π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances 3.359 (3) and 3.378 (2) Å] and one C-H⋯N hydrogen bond into a two-dimensional supra-molecular ne...

New unsymmetrical S/O 1,1'-disubstituted ferrocenediyl ethers and hydroxides have been synthesised. The coordination chemistry of 1-(methylsulfanyl)-1'-(methoxy)ferrocene has been investigated with palladium(II) and platinum(II) precursors. With palladium(II), a bis-mu-chloro-bridged dimeric complex was obtained with the ligand bound solely through the thioether donor group. With platinum(II), ...

fac,fac-[Re(I)(CO)3]-complexes of new κ(3)N-tridentate ligands were synthesized and characterized by various analytical techniques including XRD. The regulation of electronic properties of the complexes upon ligand modification is discussed.

The formation of either dinuclear double-stranded or pentanuclear circular helicates from a ligand containing two tridentate domains separated by a phenylene unit can be controlled by inter-ligand steric interactions which themselves are governed by the size of the metal ion.

Application of a tridentate NHC containing pincer ligand to Pt catalyzed cascade cyclization reactions has allowed for the catalytic, diastereoselective cycloisomerization of biogenic alkene terminated substrates to the their polycyclic counterparts.

The first highly diastereo- and enantioselective propargylic alkylation of acyclic ketone enamines to form vicinal tertiary stereocenters has been reported by employing copper catalysis in combination with a bulky and structurally rigid tridentate ketimine P,N,N-ligand.

We have successfully prepared an unsymmetrical analogue of a Katsuki-type salen ligand having a hydroxyalkyl group at the 6-position of just one of the binaphthyl units in the ligand, and also several Mn(III) complexes; these complexes have been attached to a polymer by an ester link and such polymer catalysts have been shown to be highly enantioselective and recoverable catalysts for the epoxi...