Multidentate actor ligands as versatile platforms for small molecule activation and catalysis

VT Annibale, D Song - Rsc Advances, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses the use of multidentate actor ligands as new inroads to small
molecule activation and catalysis. Bio-inspired strategies such as the use of redox-active …

On the non-innocence of “Nacnacs”: ligand-based reactivity in β-diketiminate supported coordination compounds

C Camp, J Arnold - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
While β-diketiminate (BDI or 'nacnac') ligands have been widely adopted to stabilize a wide
range of metal ions in multiple oxidation states and coordination numbers, in several …

Tuning steric and electronic effects in transition-metal β-diketiminate complexes

C Chen, SM Bellows, PL Holland - Dalton Transactions, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
β-Diketiminates are widely used supporting ligands for building a range of metal complexes
with different oxidation states, structures, and reactivities. This Perspective summarizes the …

A review on aluminum, gallium and indium complexes of (Ph2-nacnac) ligand

N Govil, B Jana - Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
The characteristic ligation properties of different β-diketiminato ligands (often called
“nacnac”) in group 13 metal complexes are well studied via preparation, characterization …

Iron and Chromium Complexes Containing Tridentate Chelates Based on Nacnac and Imino-and Methyl-Pyridine Components: Triggering C X Bond Formation

WD Morris, PT Wolczanski, J Sutter, K Meyer… - Inorganic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nacnac-based tridentate ligands containing a pyridyl-methyl and a 2, 6-dialkyl-phenylamine
(ie,(2, 6-R2-C6H3N C (Me) CH C (Me) NH (CH2py); R= Et,{Et (nn) PM} H; R= i Pr,{i Pr …

RuCp* complexes of ambidentate 4, 5-diazafluorene derivatives: from linkage isomers to coordination-driven self-assembly

VT Annibale, R Batcup, T Bai, SJ Hughes… - Organometallics, 2013 - ACS Publications
The coordination chemistry of the {RuCp*}+ fragment was studied toward several 4, 5-
diazafluorene derivatives. The ambidentate nature of these 4, 5-diazafluorene derivatives …

Iron Complexes Derived from {nacnac-(CH2py)2} and {nacnac-(CH2py)(CHpy)}n Ligands: Stabilization of Iron(II) via Redox Noninnocence

VA Williams, PT Wolczanski, J Sutter, K Meyer… - Inorganic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nacnac-based tetradentate chelates,{nacnac-(CH2py) 2}−({nn (PM) 2}−) and {nacnac-
(CH2py)(CHpy)} n ({nn (PM)(PI)} n) have been investigated in iron complexes. Treatment of …

Palladium alkyl complexes with a formazanate ligand: synthesis, structure and reactivity

F Milocco, F de Vries, A Dall'Anese, V Rosar… - Dalton …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Palladium (II) complexes with a bidentate, anionic formazanate ligand are described.
Attempts to prepare mono (formazanate) palladium alkyl complexes often leads to the …

Bulky 2, 6-dibenzhydryl-4-methylphenyl β-diiminato derived complexes of Pd (II) and Cu (II): Efficient catalysts for Suzuki coupling and alcohol oxidation

P Saxena, R Murugavel - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Reaction of a bulky Schiff base, 2, 6-dibenzhydryl-N-4-((2, 6-dibenzhydryl-4-methylphenyl)
imino) pent-2-en-2-yl)-4-methylaniline (Ar 2 NacNacH (Ar= 2, 6-dibenzhydryl-4 …

Pd and Ni complexes of a novel vinylidene β‐diketimine ligand: Their application as catalysts in Heck coupling and alkyne trimerization

R Beesam, DR Nareddula - Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A β‐diketimine ligand with vinylidene substitution at γ‐carbon, CH2C (CH3CNAr) 2 (Ar= 2, 6‐
diisopropylphenyl)(L2), was synthesized by treating β‐diketimine H2C (CH3CNAr) 2 with n …