Complexes of Co(iii) containing mixed chelating diimine and o-quinone ligand sets are of fundamental interest on account of their fascinating magnetic and electronic properties. Whilst complexes of this type containing one diimine and two o-quinone ligands have been studied extensively, those with the reverse stoichiometry (two diimines and one o-quinone) are much rarer. Herein, we describe a r...

A nickel-catalyzed α-arylation of esters and amides with phenol derivatives has been accomplished. In the presence of our unique nickel catalyst, prepared in situ from Ni(cod)2, 3,4-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)thiophene (dcypt), and K3PO4, various esters and amides undergo α-arylation with O-arylpivalates or O-arylcarbamates to afford the corresponding coupling products. The thus obtained α-aryl ...

Four heteroleptic complexes of nickel(ii), cobalt(ii) and zinc(ii), containing a monodentate silanethiolate ligand derived from tris(2,6-diisopropylphenoxy)silanethiol (TDST), were prepared and characterized. Nickel(ii) and cobalt(ii) complexes of the formula M(NH3)2(TDST)2 (M = Ni(ii) complex , M = Co(ii) complex ) were obtained from the respective chlorides. Zinc complexes of the general form...

Schiff base condensation of benzil bis(hydrazone) with formaldehyde, acetone and benzaldehyde and its nickel(II) complexes were synthesised. Preparation of the free ligands was accomplished by refluxing benzil with hydrazine derivatives in 1:10 mole ratios in ethylene glycol. The spectral characterisation of hydrazone based 14-membered octaaza macrocyclic complexes of nickel(II) was undertaken....

The mode of coordination of8 manganese(fI), cobaltm, nickel(H), copper(II), zinc(H), lead(II) and cadmium(I1) to sodium ascorbate (NaHAsc) was investigated using IR, UV-visible, AAS, elemental microanalyzer, conductivity, magnetic and 'M and I3C NMR spectroscopic studies, NaNAsc is bidentate and coordination was through the carbonyl group and the oxygen atom of carbon-2 enolic hydfoxyl grou...

New dodecanuclear bimetallic Ni8M4 clusters were obtained in the reaction between octacyanometallates(IV), nickel(II) cations and diimine ligands. {[Ni(LL)(H2O)]2[Ni(LL)(H2O)2]6[M(CN)8]4} assemblies, where LL = 1,10-phenanthroline M = Mo, (1) or LL = 2,2′-bipyridine M = W (2) or Mo (3), are among the largest octacyanometallate-based clusters. They show the same compact topology of the cluster c...