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THE 1992 ALCAN AWARD LECTURE EXCURSIONS AROUND THE PERIODIC-TABLE - LIGAND DESIGN IN INORGANIC-CHEMISTRY

TitleTHE 1992 ALCAN AWARD LECTURE EXCURSIONS AROUND THE PERIODIC-TABLE - LIGAND DESIGN IN INORGANIC-CHEMISTRY
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1992
AuthorsFryzuk, MD
JournalCanadian Journal of Chemistry-Revue Canadienne De Chimie
Volume70
Pagination2839-2845
Date PublishedDec
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0008-4042
Keywordsasymmetric synthesis, CARBON BOND FORMATION, DERIVATIVES, DINITROGEN, FLUXIONAL BEHAVIOR, HAFNIUM(IV), hydride, MULTI-DENTATE LIGANDS, PHOSPHINE COMPLEXES, RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE
Abstract

An overview is given on the strategy used to come up with the design of a new type of ligand that is appropriate for coordination to both the late metals and the early metals. The coordination chemistry of the potentially tridentate ligand -N(SiMe2CH2PR2)2 is developed starting with the Ni triad and then the heavier members of group 9, namely rhodium and iridium. It is with iridium that reactive fragments such as methylene and vinylidene have been stabilized and their chemistry examined. Extension to groups 3, 4, and the lanthanides is also discussed. With these elements, phosphine coordination imparts new reactivity patterns such as alkane elimination with group 3 and dinitrogen activation with group 4. In addition, the side-on binding mode for N2 attached to a dinuclear zirconium system is also presented.

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