Reactivity of phosphonodithioato-dppt NiII mixed ligand complexes with halogens: first example of a metal-coordinating tribromide anion

M. Carla Aragoni; Massimiliano Arca; Susanne L. Coles (neé Huth); Francesco A. Devillanova; Michael B. Hursthouse; Francesco Isaia; Vito Lippolis

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Reactivity of phosphonodithioato-dppt Ni^II mixed ligand complexes with halogens: first example of a metal-coordinating tribromide anion†

M. Carla Aragoni,*^a Massimiliano Arca,^a Susanne L. Coles (neé Huth),^b Francesco A. Devillanova,^a Michael B. Hursthouse,^bc Francesco Isaia^a and Vito Lippolis^a

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^a Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria Monserrato, 09042 Cagliari, Italy
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^b School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

^c Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21588, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The first example of a metal complex containing a tribromide anion is presented and characterised by X-ray diffraction. Hybrid DFT calculations were used to investigate the nature of the bond in coordinating trihalides and the differences with the corresponding mono-halide complexes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2DT30540B
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 06 Mar 2012
Accepted: 13 Apr 2012
First published: 17 Apr 2012

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Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 6611-6613

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Reactivity of phosphonodithioato-dppt Ni^II mixed ligand complexes with halogens: first example of a metal-coordinating tribromide anion

M. C. Aragoni, M. Arca, S. L. Coles (neé Huth), F. A. Devillanova, M. B. Hursthouse, F. Isaia and V. Lippolis, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 6611 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30540B

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