Metal-ligand multiple bonds are promising for cooperative small-molecule activation, particularly in cases where incomplete s- or p-bonding leads to adjacent Lewis-basic and -acidic sites. Our group has targeted late-metal complexes containing such electronically frustrated linkages that are stabilized by pincer-type ligands. We will present studies on the synthesis and metallation of several related ligand scaffolds with group 9 metal precursors and the reactivity of the resulting complexes.

Cooperative small-molecule activation by ambiphilic late-metal complexes

247th National Meeting (2014)

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