Bidentate benzotriazole-based N-ligands are suited for the preparation of luminescent heteroleptic copper( i ) complexes with noticeable emissions related to 3 MLCT transitions.

Routes to pincer and chelate carbene complexes of Pd, Rh, and Ir include double geminal CH activation, metallation, and CH activation. Abnormal binding via imidazole C5 can occur, and ion pairing can strongly influence C2 vs. C5 binding. Prior ligand binding via pyridine N before metallation is not essential. Computational methods are used extensively, for example, to compare N vs. C binding in...

A series of new heteroleptic and homoleptic Ru(II) complexes containing variously substituted bis(pyridyl)triazine ligands has been prepared and their absorption spectra, redox behaviour and luminescence properties (both in fluid solution at room temperature and in a rigid matrix at 77 K) have been investigated. For some compounds, X-ray structures have also been determined. The new bis(pyridyl...

The chiral diphosphine ligand R,R-trans-1,2-C(6)H(10)(NHCOC(6)H(4)PPh(2))(2), 1, gives the fluxional trans-chelate complexes [M(1)]X, 2a-2c, M = Au or Ag. It is suggested that a similar trans-chelate conformation may be present in the catalytic intermediate [Pd(1)].

Two new bidentate cyano ligands, DiCN-3 (2) and DEN-4 (3) (a,w-bis(2-cyanophenoxy)propane and butane, respectively), have been prepared. These ligands and the ethane analogue DEN-2 (1) react with Mn(C0)5Br to afford complexes of the composition Mr~(cO)~(DicN-n)Br (n= 2, 9; n = 3, 10; n = 4, 11). Complexes 9 and 10 appear to be mononuclear and contain 13and 14-membered chelate rings, respectivel...

A newly synthesized 8-quinolinol platinum(II) chelate derivative gelates various organic solvents, and the gel formed shows unique thermo- and solvatochromism of visible and phosphorescent colour in response to a sol-gel phase transition and possesses an attractive ability to inhibit dioxygen quenching of excited triplet states.

A series of novel neutral pentacoordinate silicon(IV) complexes with SiClSN(2)C, SiBrSN(2)C, SiSN(3)C, SiSON(2)C, SiS(2)N(2)C, SiSeSN(2)C and SiTeSN(2)C skeletons (compounds 1-12) was synthesised, starting from PhSiCl(3), PhSiBr(3), PhSi(NCO)(3), MeSiCl(3) or C(6)F(5)SiCl(3). Compounds 1-12 contain (i) a tridentate dianionic N,N,S chelate ligand (derived from 2-{[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl]amino}benz...

Reactions of lithium salts of the bulky guanidinate ligands, [ArNC(NR2)NAr](-) (NR2 = N(C6H11)2 (Giso-) and cis-NC5H8Me2-2,6 (Pipiso-); Ar = C6H3Pri2-2,6), with GeCl2.dioxane afforded the heteroleptic germylenes, [(Giso)GeCl] and [(Pipiso)GeCl], the former of which was structurally characterised. The further reactivity of these and the related complexes, [(Piso)GeCl] and [(Priso)GeCl] (Piso- = ...

Encapsulation makes the difference!. A β-cyclodextrin-based diphosphane ligand with metal confining properties is key in stabilization of heteroleptic Cu(I) complexes. In their Research Article (e202214638), Nicola Armaroli, Béatrice Delavaux-Nicot, Jean-François Nierengarten, Dominique Armspach et al. show how encapsulation metal-bound diimine moiety cyclodextrin cavity influences electronic p...