The all gallium(I)-amide coordinated [Ru(GaTMP)5] and [Mo(GaTMP)6] complexes were isolated and DFT calculations unveil competing π-interaction between the transition metal center and the amido substituent.
Catalytic reactions with metalated Zintl clusters as catalysts represent a growing research field. In this context the term single-site homogeneous catalyst (SSHoC) has been introduced for this new compound class.
Cr(II) NHC complexes of the type [{CrCl(L)(μ-Cl)}2], [(η5-C5R5)Cr(NHC)(X)] (η5-C5R5 = C5H5, C5Me5, C9H7, C13H9; X = Cl, η3-allyl, NPh2; NHC = IMeMe, IiPrMe, IMes, IDipp, cAACMe) and the Cr(I) metalloradical [(η5-C5Me5)Cr(CO)2(IMeMe)] are reported.
The Box (bis-(benzoxazol-2-yl)-methane) based borane compound [({NCOC6H4}2CH)BH2] and the related haloboranes were successfully synthesised and characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction and in solution by NMR techniques.
Studies on the reactivity of the nickel complex [Ni(Mes2NHSi)2(COD)] (1), ligated with the N-heterocyclic silylene Mes2NHSi, are presented.