Intensive efforts for the transformation of dinitrogen using transition metal-dinitrogen complexes as catalysts under mild reaction conditions have been made. However, limited systems have succeeded in the catalytic formation of ammonia. Here we show that newly designed and prepared dinitrogen-bridged dimolybdenum complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene- and phosphine-based PCP-pincer ligands ...

This work describes the synthesis and characterization of two new bis-terdentate Ru(II) complexes. Compound 1 is a homoleptic complex containing two CNC N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) based ligands, whereas compound 2 bears one CNC ligand and an ancillary terpyridine ligand. The redox and photophysical properties of both compounds have been investigated and their X-ray crystal structures determin...

Stable ruthenium nanoparticles were prepared by the self-assembly of 1-dodecyne onto the "bare" Ru colloid surface. The formation of a Ru-vinylidene (Ru═C═CH-R) interfacial bonding linkage was confirmed by the specific reactivity of the nanoparticles with imine derivatives to form a heterocyclic complex at the metal-ligand interface, as manifested in (1)H and (13)C NMR, photoluminescence, and e...

Electronic structure, thermodynamic stability and ligand properties in LRh(CO)2Cl complexes of a series of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) were studied at the DFT level. The systems under study are: imidazolin-2-ylidene (1), imidazolidin-2-ylidene (2), cyclic(alkyl)(amino)carbene (CAAC, 3), pyrazolin-3-ylidene (4), pyridin-2-ylidene (5), and pyridin-4-ylidene (6). The main structural feature inf...

The title solvated complex, [FePd(C5H5)(C12H13N2S)Cl(C18H15P)2]PF6·2CHCl3, bearing a chiral ferrocenyl pyrrolo-imidazolyl-idene N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand, was synthesized by oxidative addition of a chloro-imidazolium salt to Pd(PPh3)4. The PdII ion is coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar coordination geometry, with the Cl atom trans to the coordinating C atom of the pyrro...

Many heterocyclic amines (HCA) present in cooked food exert a genotoxic activity when they are metabolised (N-oxidated) by the human cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2h). In order to rationalize the observed differences in activity of this enzyme on a series of 12 HCA, 3D-QSAR methods were applied on the basis of models of HCA-CYP1A2h complexes. The CYP1A2h enzyme model has been previously reported an...

The evolution of olefin metathesis into a reaction routinely used to form new carbon–carbon double bonds has been enabled by the development of well-defined transition-metal catalysts. [1,2] Many metathesis catalysts based on the [L2X2Ru=CHR] scaffold have been synthesized in an effort to increase catalyst stability, activity, and substrate scope.[3–10] A significant gain in these areas was ach...

A Ni(0)-NCN pincer complex featuring a six-membered N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) central platform and amidine pendant arms was synthesized by deprotonation of its Ni(II) precursor. It retained chloride in the square-planar coordination sphere of nickel and was expected to be highly susceptible to oxidative addition reactions. The Ni(0) complex rapidly activated ammonia at room temperature, in a...

Whereas the N-ylide mesomeric betaine 2, consisting of a fluorenyl anion directly attached to an imidazolium ring, is not in equilibrium with its putative free N-(fluoren-9-yl)imidazol-2-ylidene tautomer, its reaction with a metallic centre induces its interconversion to yield the corresponding monoligated N-heterocyclic carbene complex (Au(I) and Rh(I)). Deprotonation of 2 and coordination to ...

The title complex, {[Cu(C21H13N5S2)]PF6·CH3CN} n , was formed immediately on adding together a methanol solution containing copper(I) ions and a methanol solution of 2,6-bis-[4-(pyridin-2-yl)thia-zol-2-yl]pyridine. Crystallographic studies of the complex reveal a coordination polymer with the ligand acting as a bis-(bidentate) ligand with the pyridine N atom not coordinating a metal centre. The...