The bismuth-catalyzed urethane reaction is significantly accelerated by generating heterobimetallic mixtures of bismuth and lithium carboxylates.

A series of cobalt(ii) complexes of a highly electron-withdrawing amido ligand, [N(C6F5)(C6H3Pr(i)2-2,6)](-) (L), were synthesized and structurally characterized. Mononuclear [CoL(Cl)(TMEDA)] (3) and heterobimetallic [CoL2(μ-Cl)Li(THF)3] (4) were obtained by direct metathetical reactions of anhydrous CoCl2 with one molar equivalent of [LiL(TMEDA)] (1) (TMEDA = Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) and [LiL(THF)3] (2...

Phosphinoamide ligands have been utilized to link a Co(I) center to a Nb or Ta imido fragment. The resulting heterobimetallic complexes, ICo(Ph(2)PN(i)Pr)(3)M=N(t)Bu, have weakened dative metal-metal interactions as a result of the strongly donating imido ligand. These complexes can be reduced by 2 electrons to generate dinitrogen-bound complexes.

Increasing dimensionality [from 2D (1) to 3D (2)] and T(C) [from 10 (1) to 20 K (2)] in two new oxamato-bridged heterobimetallic Mn(II)(2)Cu(II)(3) open-frameworks result from the steric hindrance provided by the different alkyl substituents of the N-phenyloxamate bridging ligands.

The thermolysis of a heterobimetallic Sn-Co organometallic precursor resulted in the formation of hollow Sn/CoOx nanomaterials through galvanic reaction between metal species. The Sn/CoOx nanohollows with 6.1 nm diameter and ~1.5 nm shell thickness showed excellent lithium storage capacity of up to 857 mA h g(-1) after 30 cycles.

Nickel-manganese oxides with variable Ni : Mn ratios, synthesised from heterobimetallic single-source precursors, turned out to be efficient water oxidation catalysts. They were subjected to oxidant-driven, photo- and electro-catalytic water oxidation showing superior activity and remarkable stability. In addition, a structure-activity relation could be established.

The reactivity of heterobimetallic Zr/Co complexes linked by phosphinoamide ligands towards the oxidative addition of I(2) and alkyl halides is reported. These reactions are accompanied by dissociation of one phosphine ligand from Co and eta(2)-coordination to Zr. Addition of H(2) leads to both oxidative addition across the M-M bond and P-N bond cleavage.

A technique for preparing heterobimetallic frameworks with tunable metal sites is demonstrated by the synthesis of a new two-dimensional metal-organic framework that is constructed from tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin and Cd(II) species. The solid can be prepared in the presence of other divalent transition metals to yield the same framework with the smaller metal ions occupying the porphyrin l...