13 Iron, cobalt and nickel

Abstract

Highlights include advances in understanding the structures of cytochrome P450 enzymes and model compounds that can readily metabolise unreactive hydrocarbons; continued activity in simple alkyls, notably three co-ordinate iron(II) alkyls that have been synthesised using a bidentate diketiminate as a supporting ligand; a novel halide ion-templated synthesis of nickel cage complexes; striking addition reactions of a three coordinate nickel complex of a bulky terdentate thiolate; the reinvestigation of some classic Werner complexes; and some interesting homoleptic carbenes of nickel and cobalt.