(61)Ni chemical shifts of Ni(all-trans-cdt)L (cdt = cyclododecatriene, L = none, CO, PMe(3)), Ni(CO)(4), Ni(C(2)H(4))(2)(PMe(3)), Ni(cod)(2) (cod = cyclooctadiene) and Ni(PX(3))(4) (X = Me, F, Cl) are computed at the GIAO (gauge-including atomic orbitals), BPW91, B3LYP and BHandHLYP levels, using BP86-optimised geometries and an indirect referencing scheme. For this set of compounds, substituen...

Supertetrahedral compounds of chalcogenometalates (T3 cluster compounds) integrated with Ni-bpy (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) complex were prepared by a solvothermal technique. The compound [Ni(bpy)(3)](3)[H(4)In(10)S(20)]·bpy·2EG·6H(2)O (Mb-InS-1) (EG = ethylene glycol) consists of discrete T3 clusters of [H(4)In(10)S(20)](6-) with three [Ni(bpy)(3)](2+) cations. The compound [Ni(bpy)(3)](2)[H(2)In(...

A new type of linear tetranuclear Ln-Ni-Ni-Ln (Ln = Dy 1, Gd 2) complexes have been prepared using multidentate ligand N,N’-bis(3-methoxysalicylidene)-1,3diaminobenzene having two sets of NO and OO’ coordination pockets which can selectively accommodate Ni and Ln ions, respectively. The X-ray structure analysis reveals that the Ni ions are bridged by phenylenediimine groups forming a twelvememb...

A nickel bis(diphosphine) complex containing pendant amines in the second coordination sphere, [Ni(P(Cy)2N(t-Bu)2)2](BF4)2 (P(Cy)2N(t-Bu)2 = 1,5-di(tert-butyl)-3,7-dicyclohexyl-1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctane), is an electrocatalyst for hydrogen oxidation. The addition of hydrogen to the Ni(II) complex gives three isomers of the doubly protonated Ni(0) complex [Ni(P(Cy)2N(t-Bu)2H)2](BF4)2. U...

Nickel-titanium-oxide (Ni-Ti-O) nanotube arrays (NTAs) prepared on nearly equiatomic NiTi alloy shall have broad application potential such as for energy storage and biomedicine, but their precise structure control is a great challenge because of the high content of alloying element of Ni, a non-valve metal that cannot form a compact electronic insulating passive layer when anodized. In the pre...

Various preparations of the neutral radical [CpNi(dddt)] complex (dddt = 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiin-2,3-dithiolate) were investigated with CpNi sources, [Cp2Ni], [Cp2Ni](BF4), [CpNi(CO)]2, and [CpNi(cod)](BF4), and dithiolene transfer sources, O=C(dddt), the naked dithiolate (dddt(2-)), the monoanion of square-planar Ni dithiolene complex (NBu4)[Ni(dddt)2], and the neutral complex [Ni(dddt)2]. The...

The reaction of NiCl2, K2C2O4·H2O and 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) in water-ethanol solution at 281 K yields light-purple needles of the new pentahydrate of bis(2,2'-bipyridine)oxalatonickel(II), [Ni(C2O4)(C10H8N2)2]·5H2O or [Ni(ox)(bpy)2]·5H2O, while at room temperature, deep-pink prisms of the previously reported tetrahydrate [Ni(ox)(bpy)2]·4H2O [Román, Luque, Guzmán-Miralles & Beitia (1995), Polyhe...

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Ni(2)(C(16)H(6)O(8))(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(6)]·6H(2)O, contains one Ni(II) atom, one 2,2'-bipyridine ligand, three coordinated water mol-ecules, one-half of a fully deprotonated biphenyl-3,3',4,4'-tetra-carboxyl-ate anion and three lattice water mol-ecules. The Ni(II) atom displays a distorted NiN(2)O(4) octa-hedral coordination formed by one carbox...

X-band electron spin resonance (ESR) and electronic spectra of oxalatobridged heterodinuclear Cu-Ni and Cu-Zn complexes, viz., [(PMDT)Cu-Ox-Ni(PMDT)](BPh(4))(2).2CH(3)CN and [(PMDT)Cu-Ox-Zn(PMDT)](BPh(4))(2).2CH(3)CN, where PMDT=pentamethyldiethylenetriamine, Ox=oxalate ion have been described. Complex [(PMDT)Cu-Ox-Ni(PMDT)](BPh(4))(2).2CH(3)CN has been structurally characterized. This complex ...

In the title complex, [Ni(C₃₆H₂₆Cl₄N₄O₂)]·C₃H₆O, two 2,4-dichloro-benzoyl groups are grafted onto the methine groups of the Ni(II) complex Ni(tmtaa) (H₂tmtaa = 5,7,12,14-tetra-methyl-4,11-dihydro-dibenzo[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetra-aza-cyclo-tetra-decine). The complex has the shape of a saddle. The Ni atom is tetra-coordinated by the four N atoms of the macrocycle, forming a slightly tetra-hedrally dis...