Nickel complexes of a bis(benzimidazolin-2-ylidene)pyridine pincer ligand with four- and five-coordinate geometries

The four- and five-coordinate complexes [(CNC)NiX2] (X = Cl, Br, I), [(CNC)NiX]PF6 (X = Cl,Br) and [(CNC)NiCl]ClH2O have been isolated, where CNC is the bis(N-butylbenzimidazolin-2-ylidene)-2,6-pyridine pincer ligand. A five-coordinate geometry is rare for this class of complex.Where amenable, the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brown, David, Skelton, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6115