In the title complex, [Cu(NO(3))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2)S)(4)], the Cu(II) atom (site symmetry ) is coordinated by two monodentate nitrate ions and two monodentate di-4-pyridylsulfane ligands, resulting in a slightly distorted trans-arranged CuO(2)N(4) octa-hedral geometry. Intra-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are present. In the crystal, adjacent mol-ecules are linked via C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into ch...

Bidentate phosphine ligands have been prepared on polystyrene beads modified with polyether dendron spacers. When complexed to Pd(0), these systems exhibited a negative dendritic effect on Heck catalysis (contrary to the analogous monodentate phosphine systems), but mostly a positive influence on carbonylation. This opposite influence of the dendronization falls into line with other differences...

The title compound catena-poly[aqua-sodium-μ(2)-aqua-μ(3)-2-nitro-cinnamato], [Na(C(9)H(6)NO(4))(H(2)O)(2)](n), the sodium salt of trans-2-nitro-cinnamic acid, is a one-dimensional coordination polymer based on six-coordinate octa-hedral NaO(6) centres, comprising three facially related monodentate carboxyl-ate O-atom donors from separate ligands (all bridging) [Na-O = 2.4370 (13)-2.5046 (13) Å...

Ligand control of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) is rapidly gaining importance as ligands can stabilize the MNPs and regulate their catalytic properties. Herein we report the first example of Pt NPs ligated by imidazolium-amidinate ligands that bind strongly through the amidinate anion to the platinum surface atoms. The binding was established by 15N NMR spectroscopy, a precedent for nitrogen ligan...

The search for extremely sterically demanding monodentate amide ligands to access main group complexes in low-coordination numbers and highly reactive bonding modes is an area of intense research interest. The recent development of three classes of sterically demanding, monodentate amide ligands - the m-terphenyl anilides [N(R){C6H3Ar2-2,6}](-) (Ar = aryl, R = H, methyl, silyl), substituted car...

In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Sn(4)(CH(3))(8)(C(6)H(5)O(2)S)(4)O(2)], the central four-membered planar ring (Sn(2)O(2)) makes dihedral angles of 66.28 (12) and 77.43 (11)° with the heterocyclic rings of the bridging and monodentate ligands, respectively. One Sn(IV) atom adopts a distorted SnO(3)C(2) trigonal-bipyramidal geometry, with both C atoms in equatorial sites and the other a g...

A series of bulky monodentate phosphoramidite ligands were synthesized from chiral 3,3'-diaryl substituted BINOL derivatives and achiral or dendritic amines in good yields. Asymmetric hydrosilylation of styrenes with trichlorosilane in the presence of palladium complexes of these bulky ligands gave chiral silanes in high yields with excellent activity and productivity. Oxidation of these chiral...

In the title compound, [Cd(ClO(4))(2)(C(15)H(18)N(4))(4)], the Cd(II) ion is coordinated in a slightly distorted octa-hedral environment by two trans monodentate perchlorate ligands and four 1-(2-pyrid-yl)-4-(4-pyridylmeth-yl)piperazine (pmpp) ligands. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are organized into layers parallel to the ab plane by C-H⋯O inter-actions. Similar inter-actions promote th...

The title zinc complex, [Zn(C(8)H(8)NO(2))(2)(C(6)H(6)N(2)O)(2)], is composed of two monodentate 4-(methyl-amino)benzoate and two monodentate nicotinamide ligands. The coordination around the Zn atom is distorted tetra-hedral. The dihedral angles between the two benzene rings and the two pyridine rings are 78.30 (6) and 68.86 (5)°. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds ...