Bridging ligands alkyl groups

The M(05H5)201 compounds, which are actually 01-bridged dimers, [(05H5)M(/l-01)2-M(05H5)], provide an extensive substitution chemistry in which /r-Ol can be replaced by a variety of ligands including H, ON, NH2, MeO and alkyl groups. 

A special type of reaction is observed with the platinum(IV) complex [PtI(Me)3] which cleaves the Af,N,Af, A -tetraphenyltetraaminoethylene under reduction to form the dimeric cyclometallated mono(NHC) complex of platinum(II) iodide [Eq. (31)]. Cyclometallation with the same ligand is also observed for ruthe-nium. Additional cyclometallations with various substituents of NHCs have been reported for ruthenium(II), rhodium(III), iridium(I), palladium(II), " and platinum(II). In the case of iridium, alkyl groups can be activated twice. In rare cases like for nickel(II) /x-bridging NHCs have been obtained. ... 

The bidentate oxazoline ligands 85 and 86 (and derivatives thereof) are excellent reporter ligands, and several studies have used NOEs to determine the nature of their chiral pockets [61, 113, 114, 126]. NOESY studies on the cations [Ir(l,5-COD)(86)]+ and several cationic tri-nudear Ir(iii)(hydrido) compounds [110], e. g. [Ir3(p3-H)(H)5(86)3] +, 87, in connection with their hydrogenation activity, allowed their 3-D solution structures to be determined. In addition to the ortho P-phenyl protons, the protons of the oxazoline alkyl group are helpful in assigning the 3-D structure of both the catalyst precursors and the inactive tri-nudear dusters. Specifically, for one of these tri-nudear Ir(iii) complexes, 87 [110], with terminal hydride ligands at d -17.84 and d -21.32 (and a triply bridging hydride at 5 -7.07), the P-phenyl and oxazoline reporters define their relative positions, as shown in Scheme 1.5. 

The molecular complexity of molybdenum (IV) alkoxides is determined by the size and ramification of the alkyl group — the polymeric (R = Me), dimeric (CN = 5, two bridging OR-groups, R = Pr ) with a double metal-metal bond, and even monomers (R = Bu ). The first representatives of W(OR)4 homologous series are tetramers with the [Ti4(OMe)16]-type structure. The derivatives of ramified or bulky alcohols are known only as mixed-ligand complexes (such as dimeric solvates of alkoxide halids with alcohols, various alkoxide hidrides and monomeric complexes with phenantroline, see Table 12.19). 

The polymerisation of the linear BeH2 molecule is exactly analogous to the dimerisation of BH3. The Be-H-Be bridge is found in a number of molecular substances, e.g. in complexes having the empirical formula BeHRL, where L is a neutral ligand and R is an alkyl group ... 

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