The Mn(III) atom in the title complex, [Mn(C(18)H(18)N(2)O(4))(CHO(2))(H(2)O)]·2H(2)O, is O,N,N',O'-chelated by the deproton-ated Schiff base; the four chelating atoms form an approximate square, with the O atoms of the water mol-ecule and the formate ion in axial positions above and below the square plane. Two metal-bearing mol-ecules are linked by an O-H(water)⋯O hydrogen bond about a center ...

In the title dinuclear Nb(V) compound, [Nb(2)(C(44)H(28)N(4))(2)O(3)], each Nb atom is seven-coordinated with three bridging O atoms and four N atoms from a chelating tetra-phenyl-porphyrinate anion. The Nb-O bond lengths range from 1.757 (6) to 2.331 (6) Å, and the average (niobium-pyrrole N atom) distance is 2.239 Å. In the dinuclear mol-ecule, the Nb⋯Nb separation is 2.8200 (8) Å, and the di...

The cyclo-hexane-1,3-dicarboxyl-ate dianion in the dinuclear centrosymmetric title compound, [Zn(2)(C(8)H(10)O(4))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], has a chair conformation with both carboxyl-ate groups in equatorial positions. One carboxyl-ate group chelates a Zn(II) atom, whereas the other binds through one O atom only to confer a six-coordinate status to the N-heterocycle-chelated water-coor...

The dependence of fusion cross section on the isotopic composition of colliding nuclei is analysed within the dinuclear system concept for compound nucleus formation. Probabilities of fusion and surviving probabilities, ingredients of the evaporation residue cross sections, depend decisively on the neutron numbers of the dinuclear system. Evaporation residue cross sections for the production of...

The title compound, {[Cu(2)I(2)(C(12)H(8)N(6))(C(18)H(15)P)(2)]·2CH(3)CN}(n), contains centrosymmetric dinuclear Cu(2)I(2)(PPh(3))(2) units bridged by 3,6-bis-(4-pyrid-yl)-1,2,4,5-tetra-zine ligands lying also across crystallographic inversion centers, giving a chain structure in the ab plane. The distorted tetra-hedral Cu(I) atoms in the dinuclear unit are coordinated by two bridging iodide an...

Cooperative catalysis has proven to be a powerful strategy for realizing high reactivity and selectivity in asymmetric transformations. A variety of cooperative asymmetric catalysts have been developed over the last two decades. In this feature article, recent advances from our research on cooperative asymmetric catalysis, focusing on dinuclear Schiff base catalysis, are described. Design of di...

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear complex, [Cu(2)(C(8)H(4)O(5))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], the Cu(II) ion is coordinated by two N atoms from a bipyridine ligand, three O atoms from two 3-carb-oxy-2-oxidobenzoate dianions and the O atom of the water mol-ecule in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The Cu--O(H) coordination [2.931 (3) Å] is very weak. In the crystal structure, the dinuclear un...

Water-soluble dinuclear Ru-arene complexes were synthesized and found to exert promising cytotoxic effects in human cancer cells, which could be increased to an IC50 of 0.29 μM by increasing the spacer length between the metal centers. Cytotoxicity could be correlated with lipophilicity (log P Values) and water solubility. The most potent dinuclear compound, 1,12bis{chlorido[3-(oxo-κO)-2-methyl...

We herein showcase the ability of NHC-coordinated dinuclear NiI -NiI complexes to override fundamental reactivity limits of mononuclear (NHC)Ni0 catalysts in cross-couplings. This is demonstrated with the development of a chemoselective trifluoromethylselenolation of aryl iodides catalyzed by a NiI dimer. A novel SeCF3 -bridged NiI dimer was isolated and shown to selectively react with Ar-I bon...

The structure of the title compound, [Cu4(CH3O)4(C11H13O2)4], consists of dimeric dinuclear copper(II) complexes oriented around a centre of inversion. Within each dinuclear fragment, the two Cu(II) atoms are in a distorted square-planar coordination sphere. Two neighbouring fragments are linked by four apical Cu-O contacts, yielding an overall square-pyramidal coordination environment for each...