Homoleptic coordination of the neutral diphosphines Me2P(CH2)2PMe2 and o-C6H4(PMe2)2 to the hard Li(+) and Na(+) cations is achieved using Li[Al{OC(CF3)3}4] and Na[B{3,5-(CF3)2-C6H3}4] as 'naked' cation sources. Crystallographic, solid state and solution multinuclear NMR studies confirm distorted octahedral coordination solely via three chelating diphosphines in these unique species.

Dicopper(i) complexes with the chelating dmapm ligand [dmapm = 1,1-bis{di(o-N,N-dimetylanilinyl)phosphino}methane] have been synthesized and characterized structurally. Synthesis of the acetonitrile adduct [Cu2(μ-dmapm)(CH3CN)2][BF4]2 () has been presented and the dicopper electrophile has been used as the starting material in reaction with Group 14 heteroborates. Coordination of the closo-bora...

Octahedral Os(II) complexes 1-5 with formula [Os(CO)3X(dbm)] are prepared through utilization of both solid-state pyrolysis and ligand exchange reactions. These complexes exhibit prominent 3pi-pi* phosphorescence with unusually long lifetimes (29-64 micros) and high quantum yields (0.08-0.13).

The solvothermal reaction of copper(I) iodide and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) in ethanol yielded the title polymeric compound, [CuI(C(12)H(8)N(2))](n). The asymmmetric unit comprises one Cu(+) cation, one I(-) anion and one phen ligand. Each Cu(+) cation is in a distorted tetrahedral coordination by two iodide anions and two N atoms from a bidentate chelating phen ligand. The Cu(+) cations are b...

Iron is a fundamental microelement for human life; however, deficiencies or excesses of these metal ions can cause severe complications and mortality. Chelators are compounds that bind inhibit iron. Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophotometric methods key analytical tools in the identification chemical entities, with benefits having good precision accuracy, equipment being easily available a...

The hydro-thermally prepared title compound, [Cd(C(8)H(7)N(3))(3)](2)[PMo(12)O(40)]·6H(2)O, is isotypic with its Mn(II) analogue [Hao et al. (2010 ▶). Acta Cryst. E66, m231-m232]. The Cd(II) cation is in a distorted octa-hedral environment, coordinated by six N atoms from three chelating 3-(2-pyrid-yl)-1H-pyrazole ligands. In the reduced heteropolyanion, two O atoms of the central PO(4) group (...

In the dimeric title complex, [Ag(2)(C(16)H(8)O(8))(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)] or [Ag(2)(H(2)bta)(phen)(2)] (H(4)bta = biphenyl-2,2',6,6'-tetra-carb-ox-y-lic acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), each Ag(I) ion displays an approximatively planar-trigonal geometry, being surrounded by one chelating phen ligand and one carboxyl-ate O atom from an H(2)bta ligand. Owing to the the presence of crystallographic...

The ionic title complex, [Ni(C(2)H(8)N(2))(3)](SiF(6)), is built up of [Ni(en)(3)](2+) complex cations (en = 1,2-diamino-ethane) and hexa-fluoridosilicate anions. Single crystals of the title complex were isolated from an aqueous-ethano-lic Ni(2+)-en-SiF(6) (2-) system. The Ni(II) and Si atoms are each located on a special position with site symmetry 3.2. The Ni(II) atom coordination sphere is ...

A series of second-generation ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts was investigated using a combination of reaction kinetics, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and DFT calculations in order to determine the relationship between the structure of the chelating o-alkoxybenzylidene and the observed initiation rate. Included in this series were previously reported catalysts containing a vari...