Reaction of freshly precipitated Mn(OH)2−2x(CO3)x · yH2O, adipic acid and phenanthroline in CH3OH/H2O afforded a new dinuclear Mn(II) complex, Mn2(phen)2(H2O)2(C6H8O4)2 1, aside the known [Mn(phen)2(H2O)(C6H8O4)]·7H2O 2. Single crystal X-ray analyses showed that complex 1 consists of the centrosymmetric dinuclear molecules resulting from two [Mn(phen)(H2O)] moities bridged by two twisted triden...

Aimed at creating a true photoswitchable energy transfer system, four dinuclear complexes containing ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) metal centers bridged by spiropyran-type linkers were designed and investigated. The bridge in its closed spiropyran form was shown to be a good insulator for energy transfer between the Ru-bpy donor and the Os-bpy acceptor (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine). On the basis of pr...

In the title complex, [Cu2(C8Br4O4)2(C6H16N2)2(H2O)2], the Cu(II) cation is chelated by a tetra-methyl-ethane-1,2-di-amine ligand and coordinated by a water mol-ecule as well as bridged by two tetra-bromo-phthalate anions in a distorted O3N2 trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. The two symmetry-related tetra-bromo-phthalate anions bridge the two Cu(II) cations, forming a centrosymmetric dinuclear com...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Li(4)(C(5)H(3)N(2)O(2))(4)(H(2)O)(4)], contains two symmetry-independent Li(I) ions, two symmetry-independent ligands and two symmetry-independent coordinated water mol-ecules. They form a dinuclear unit in which the two Li(I) ions are bridged by two carboxyl-ate O atoms from the two ligands. Two dinuclear units related by an inversion centre form the...

The thermal reaction of Ru3(CO)12 with the biologically active acids acetyl salicylic acid (Aspirin), a-methyl-4-(isobutyl)phenylacet acid (Ibuprofen) and 3a,7a,12a-trihydroxy-5b-cholanic acid (cholic acid) in refluxing tetrahydrofuran, followed by addition of tripheny phosphine, gives the dinuclear complexes Ru2(CO)4(OOCR)2(PPh3)2 (1: R = C6H4-2-OCOMe, 2: R = CHMe-C6H4-4-Bu , 3: C23H39O3 The s...

The title compound, [FeCl2(C12H26N4)]PF6, is the first mononuclear Fe3+ complex of an ethylene cross-bridged tetraaza-macrocycle to be structurally characterized. Comparison with the mononuclear Fe2+ complex of the same ligand shows that the smaller Fe3+ ion is more fully encapsulated by the cavity of the bicyclic ligand. Comparison with the mu-oxo dinuclear complex of an unsubstituted ligand o...

The title complex, [Mn(2)(C(8)H(7)O(3))(4)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]·0.5CH(3)OH, is a carboxyl-ate-bridged dinuclear Mn(II) complex with four phenoxy-acetate ions and two 1,10-phenanthroline mol-ecules as ligands. Each of the four phenoxy-acetate anions bridges the pair of Mn atoms. The asymmetric unit is completed by a half-occupancy methanol solvent mol-ecule. Face-to-face π-π stacking inter-actions...

A novel dinuclear platinum complex of (dfppy-mhb-dfppy)Pt(2)(acac)(2) was synthesized and characterized, where dfppy-mhb-dfppy is a binary C^N cyclometalated ligand containing two bridged 2,4-difluorophenylpyridine (dfppy) units and acac is 2,4-pentanedione anion. Compared to previously reported dinuclear platinum complexes with a binary ancillary ligand, this dinuclear platinum complex showed ...

In the title compound, [Cd(C(14)H(8)O(4))(C(12)H(8)N(2))](n), the Cd(II) ion is seven-coordinated in a distorted penta-gonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry by five O atoms from bridging biphenyl-3,3'-dicarboylate (dpda) ligands and two N atoms from a 1,10-phenanthroline (1,10-phen) ligand. In the crystal, dinuclear units with a Cd⋯Cd separation of 3.8208 (7) Å are observed. Each of these din...

In the title dinuclear iridium(III) complex, [Ir(2)(C(10)H(15))(2)(C(5)H(5)N(2)S)(2)]I(2), the iridium(III) atoms are bridged by 2-(aminosulfanyl)pyridine(1-) [(2-py)SNH] ligands in a μ-(2-py)SNH-κ(2)N(py),N(NH):κN(NH) mode. The dinuclear complex cation lies on a crystallographic inversion center, resulting in a planar Ir(2)N(2) ring with an Ir-N(py) bond length of 2.085 (9) Å and bridging Ir-N...