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Reversible Halide‐Modulated Nickel–Nickel Bond Cleavage: Metal–Metal Bonds as Design Elements for Molecular Devices

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The dinickel chloride affair: In dinuclear nickel(I) complexes supported by a tris(phosphinoaryl)benzene and stabilized by metal–arene interactions, chloride addition causes reversible NiNi bond cleavage that induces 180° rotation around an aryl–aryl bond (see scheme). A dinickel–chloride moiety was found to rotate around the bridging arene by a mechanism involving breaking and forming NiP bonds.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201102797

Authors: Steven T. Chao, Nadia C. Lara, Sibo Lin, Michael W. Day, Theodor Agapie

Institution: California Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

Subfield: Organic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Center for Research Resources

Award: 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer