Hexaphenylbenzene (HPB) and hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene-(HBC) functionalised 1,2,3-triazoles have been synthesised using an optimised copper(i)-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction. The coordination chemistry of these ligands was explored through the synthesis of the respective palladium(ii) complexes and their activity as catalysts in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction assessed.

Two polymorphic forms of a ladder coordination polymer [Zn2(μ-O2C-p-Tol)2(O2C-p-Tol)2(bpe)2] have parallel and criss-cross alignments of the C=C bond pairs. Both polymorphs undergo 100% [2+2] cycloaddition reaction but the one with a parallel orientation of C=C bonds (thermodynamic product) retains its single crystallinity after the reaction.

Some new coordination compounds of tin(IV) having general formula [SnBu2 (L)2 ] (where L = carbohydrazone ligand) have been synthesized by the reaction of dibutyltin oxide with carbohydrazone ligands with the ratio of 1:2 (metal- ligand) using dry benzene as a reaction medium. The newly synthesized complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, molecular weight determinations, conductivity...

Chalcogenolate clusters can be interlinked with organic linkers into semiconducting coordination polymers with photocatalytic properties. Here, discrete clusters of Cd8S(SPh)14(DMF)3 were interlinked with 4,4'-bipyridine into a one dimensional coordination polymer of [Cd8S(SPh)14(DMF)(bpy)]n with helical chains. A stepwise mechanism for the assembly of the coordination polymer in DMF was reveal...

The synthesis, structural and thermal characterisation of a number of coordination complexes featuring the N,O-heteroditopic ligand 4-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzoate, HL are reported. The reaction of H2L with cobalt(II) and nickel(II) nitrates at room temperature in basic DMF/H2O solution gave discrete mononuclear coordination complexes with the general formula {[M(HL)2(H2O)4]·2DMF} (M =...

Lanthanum zinc penta-borate, LaZnB(5)O(10), was synthesized by flux-supported solid-state reaction. It is a member of the LnMB(5)O(10) (Ln = rare earth ion and M = divalent metal ion) structure type. The crystal shows a three-dimensional structure constructed from two-dimensional {[B(5)O(10)](5-)}(n) layers with the lanthanum (coordination number nine) and zinc (coordination number six) ions fi...

The effective formation of 1-azabicyclo[1.1.0]butane (2) by treatment of 2,3-dibromopropylamine hydrobromide (1) with n-BuLi could be understood considering a rational reaction pathway via both transition states 10 and 19 based on the intramolecular Br...Li(+) coordination. A similar cyclization pathway starting from N-benzyl-3-bromopropylamine hydrochloride (17) to afford N-benzylazetidine (18...

The reaction of sodium hydro-tris(phenylthioimidazolyl)borate (NaTm) with silicon tetraiodide gives rise to the first crystallographically characterised molecular silicon compounds, [Si(Tm)2] 2X (X = I and I3 ), in which the silicon is found in a regular S6 environment. The [Si(Tm)2] 2+ cation is subjected to analysis using DFT methods to explain why an S6 coordination motif is preferred to an ...

MIL-125 with tunable crystalline size in the range of ca. 50 nm to 1500 was synthesized by coordination modulation method, which exhibits significant size-dependent catalytic activity towards oxidative desulfurization reaction.

The title three-dimensional coordination polymer, [Cu(2)Cl(C(6)H(4)N(5))](n), is the product of the hydro-thermal reaction of CuCl(2)·2H(2)O and 5-(4-pyrid-yl)-1H-tetra-zole (4-Hptz). The two independent Cu(I) ions are coordinated in distorted tetra-hedral and distorted trigonal coordination environments. In the unique 5-(4-pyrid-yl)-1H-tetra-zolate ligand, the dihedral angle between the pyridi...