D block organometallic compounds

The use of bulky monodentate m-terphenyl ligands in the stabilisation of d-block organometallic compounds is surveyed. Importantly, these ligands have facilitated the isolation of hitherto unknown species containing low-coordinate centres and metal-metal multiple bonds. This review reports on these advances with emphasis on the synthesis, structural characterisation and, where possible, reactivity studies of complexes featuring metal-carbon bonds between m-terphenyl ligands and the transition metals. 

Gatti C, Lasi D (2007) Source function description of metal-metal bonding in d-block organometallic compounds. Earaday Discuss 135 55-78... 

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