The title compound, {[Zn2(CH3CO2)3(OH)(C6H7ClN2)]·C2H5OH} n , has alternating octa-hedrally and tetra-hedrally coordinated Zn(2+) ions. The octa-hedral coordination sphere is composed of one N atom of the monodentate di-amino-chloro-benzene ligand, three acetate O atoms and two bridging hydroxide ligands. The tetra-hedral coordination sphere consists of three acetate O atoms and the hydroxide l...

Vanadium complexes containing bis(benzimidazole)amine ligands, upon activation by simple alkylaluminium reagents, give unusually robust, single-site, catalysts for olefin polymerisation/co-polymerisation.

In this article we review the biological activity of analogs of the antitumor drug cisplatin that contain chiral amine ligands. Interaction with DNA and formation of cross-links with adjacent purine bases are considered to be the crucial steps in the antitumor activity of this class of complexes. Because double-helical DNA has a chiral structure, interaction with enantiomeric complexes of plati...

In the title complex, [Cu(I)Cu(II)(CN)3(C4H12N2)2], the Cu(I) and Cu(II) ions and a bridging cyanide group lie on a twofold rotation axis. The Cu(II) ion is in a slightly-distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment, with the N atoms of the two symmetry-related N-ethyl-ethylenedi-amine ligands occupying the basal positions and an N-bonded cyanide group in the apical position. The Cu(I) i...

Chromium catalysts supported by N,N-bis(diarylphosphino)amine ligands, on activation with methyl aluminoxane (MAO), selectively trimerise isoprene with unprecedented activity to predominantly linear materials.

The title binuclear complex, [Cu(2)(C(2)H(3)O(2))(4)(C(6)H(9)N(3))(2)], lies on an inversion center with four acetate ligands bridging two Cu(II) ions and two monodentate N,N-dimethyl-pyrazine-2-amine ligands coordinating each Cu(II) ion via N atoms, forming slightly distorted square-pyramidal environments.

The reactions of the diiron aminocarbyne complexes [Fe2Cp2(NCMe)(CO)(μ-CO){μ-CN(Me)(R)}]CF3SO3 (R = Me, 1aNCMe; R Cy, 1bNCMe), freshly prepared from tricarbonyl precursors 1a–b, with primary amines containing an additional function (i.e., alcohol or ether) proceeded replacement labile acetonitrile ligand and formation [Fe2Cp2(NH2CH2CH2OR’)(CO)(μ-CO){μ-CN(Me)(R)}]CF3SO3 R’ H, 2a; 2b; 2c) in 81–9...

The combination of iron salts and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands is a highly effective combination in catalysis, with observed catalytic activities being highly dependent on the nature of the NHC ligand. Detailed spectroscopic and electronic structure studies have been performed on both three- and four-coordinate iron(II)-NHC complexes using a combined magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) an...

With a view to applications in bifunctional catalysis, a modular cross-coupling strategy has been used to prepare amine bis(imidazolium) salts (3a and 3b) and an amine mono(imidazolium) salt (6) as precursors to chelating amido-NHC ligands. Treating the pro-ligands 3 with 3 equivalents of the bulky base KHMDS and Pd(OAc)(2) or PtCl(2)(COD) gave the four amido bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) pincer ...