Issue 38, 2014

Ligand influences on homoleptic Group 12 m-terphenyl complexes

Abstract

Three m-terphenyl ligands 2,6-Ar2C6H3 [Ar = 2,6-Me2C6H3 (2,6-Xyl); 3,5-Me2C6H3 (3,5-Xyl); 2,3,4,5,6-Me5C6 (Pmp)] have been used to stabilise three series of two-coordinate Group 12 diaryl complexes; (2,6-Ar2C6H3)2M [M = Zn, Cd, Hg, Ar = 2,6-Xyl 1–3, 3,5-Xyl 4–6, Pmp 7–9], where differing steric demands on the metal centres are imparted. These are the first homoleptic d-block complexes featuring any of these ligands. Complexes 1–9 have been characterised in solution and the solid state; the analysis of structural changes produced by differences in ligand properties is reported. In particular, complexes 4–6 show smaller C–M–C bond angles and contain secondary ligand interactions that are not seen in the analogous complexes 1–3 and 7–9.

Graphical abstract: Ligand influences on homoleptic Group 12 m-terphenyl complexes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Mar 2014
Accepted
03 Apr 2014
First published
08 Apr 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 14257-14264

Author version available

Ligand influences on homoleptic Group 12 m-terphenyl complexes

T. J. Blundell, F. R. Hastings, B. M. Gridley, G. J. Moxey, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 14257 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00647J

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