Issue 4, 2019

2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridines as more electron-rich and sterically accessible alternatives to 2,6-bis(imino)pyridine for group 13 coordination chemistry

Abstract

Treatment of GaCl3 with 2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine (G-BZIMPY, G = NBz, N(3,5-CF3)Bz, N-allyl and O) yielded the autoionization products [G-BZIMPYGaCl2][GaCl4] (1–4) in great yields. The Ga(III) complex 1 was reduced to Ga(I) using K2[Fe(CO)4], resulting in the complex [(NBzBZIMPY)(Cl)Ga–Fe(CO)4] (7). GaCl3 and AlCl3 were complexed by the structurally similar bis(imino)pyridine (DIMPY) and the resulting complexes are compared to those of G-BZIMPY.

Graphical abstract: 2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridines as more electron-rich and sterically accessible alternatives to 2,6-bis(imino)pyridine for group 13 coordination chemistry

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Oct 2018
Accepted
20 Dec 2018
First published
20 Dec 2018

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 1284-1291

2,6-Bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridines as more electron-rich and sterically accessible alternatives to 2,6-bis(imino)pyridine for group 13 coordination chemistry

A. Swidan, J. F. Binder, B. J. St. Onge, R. Suter, N. Burford and C. L. B. Macdonald, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 1284 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT04276D

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements