The perfluoroaryl⋯ aryl interaction, the most important subset of π-hole⋯ π bonding, refers to
the attractive stacking interaction between a perfluoroaryl group and an aryl group. In …

Acyclic diaminocarbenes (ADCs) are powerful ligands with a broad application scope in
organometallic chemistry, catalysis, photophysics and crystal engineering. Although the …

Hexaiododiplatinates (II) bearing ammonium and phosphonium cations,[R4N] 2 [Pt2 (μ-I)
2I4]{R= Et (1) and n-Bu (2)} and [R3PR1] 2 [Pt2 (μ-I) 2I4]{R= n-Bu and R1= n-Bu (3); R= Ph …

Predominantly, carbon atoms of various species function as acceptors of noncovalent
interactions when they are part of a π-system. Here, we report on the discovery of a halogen …

Iodopentafluorobenzene (IPFB or PhFI) was co-crystallized with tetra (n-butyl) ammonium
tetraiodo-μ, μ′-diiododiplatinate (II),[n-Bu4N] 2 [Pt2 (μ-I2) I4](1), to give the adduct 1· 2IPFB …

4-Bromo-and 4-iodo-5-nitrophthalonitriles (BNPN and INPN, respectively) were
cocrystallized with the metal acetylacetonates [M (acac) 2](M= Pd (1), Pt (2)) to give the three …

A new application for bis (cyclometalated) iridium (III) species containing ancillary acyclic
diaminocarbene ligands, viz. for sensing of mercury (II) ions, is disclosed. A family of bis …

A series of iridium complexes with bis (diisopropylphenyl) iminoacenaphtene (dpp-bian)
ligands,[Ir (cod)(dpp-bian) Cl](1),[Ir (cod)(NO)(dpp-bian)](BF4) 2 (2) and [Ir (cod)(dpp …

Complexes of platinum group metals with acyclic diaminocarbene ligands have found
application as transition metal catalysts, photoluminescent materials, chemosensors, and …

In the structures of the isostructural cocrystals [CuI3 (CNXyl) 3]· CHX3 (X= Br, I), two adjacent
CuI-bound isocyanide groups, whose carbon lone pairs are blocked by ligation, exhibit …