Donor functions

A model similar to that of the iron complex 31 was proposed for the cobalt species synthesized as a result of co-condensation of cobalt vapors with pyrrole in vacuum. A frozen matrix formed is subsequently warmed to room temperature (89JA3881). An oligomer or a polymer results, in which a- and ir-donor functions are realized simultaneously. The model proposed differs from that for the iron pyrrolyl complex by inclusion of the Co—Co bonds to attain the 18-electron configuration. 

Phospholes and analogs offer a wide variety of coordination modes and reactivity patterns, from the ti E) (E = P, As, Sb, Bi) through ri -dienic to ri -donor function, including numerous and different mixed coordination modes. Electrophilic substitution at the carbon atoms and nucleophilic properties of the phosphorus atom are well documented. In the ri -coordinated species, group V heteroles nearly acquire planarity and features of the ir-delocalized moieties (heterocymantrenes and -ferrocenes). 

Small chiral molecules. These CSPs were introduced by Pirkle about two decades ago [31, 32]. The original brush -phases included selectors that contained a chiral amino acid moiety carrying aromatic 7t-electron acceptor or tt-electron donor functionality attached to porous silica beads. In addition to the amino acids, a large variety of other chiral scaffolds such as 1,2-disubstituted cyclohexanes [33] and cinchona alkaloids [34] have also been used for the preparation of various brush CSPs. 

In one compound iron carbonyl moieties serve as electron donors to the B of a simple aminoborane, whereas the N atoms have donor functions to Fe ... 

The physical properties of the expanded radialenes were greatly enhanced upon donor functionalization, leading to the stable derivatives 76-78 with fully planar conjugated rr-chromophores [110]. These compounds exhibit large third-order nonlinear optical coefficients, can be reversibly reduced or oxidized, and... 

Fig. 6. Electronic absorption spectra of donor-functionalized expanded radialenes 76-78 in CHCI3 at 298 K...

Moncrief summarized the work of Cohn and the information in the early literature. As early as 1923, it was known that rupture of the heterocyclic ring, as well as substitution of the imino hydrogen atom, results in the loss of sweetness. Thus, o-carboxybenzenesulfonamide and N-alkyl derivatives of saccharin are tasteless. This loss of sweetness would be expected, as the NH group is the only proton-donor function available in the molecule. 

Ansa-metallocenes with a bridged tethered donor functionality, R(Me)Si(C5Me4)2Ln CH(SiMe3)2 (Ln = Y, Sm, R = (CH2)nOMe), have been synthesized [139]. Use of these new catalyst precursors results in a significantly enhanced activity (2- to 5-fold) while the diastereoselectivity (e.g., for the IH of 2-amino-5-hex-... 

Humic substances can form complexes with metals, including cationic micronutrients (36), thanks to the presence of electron-donor functional groups in these molecules. It therefore appears evident that due to these properties, humic substances can contribute to the regulation of the chemical balances of metals, thus influencing their solubility (5). With regard to plant availability, the molecular dimension and solubility of humic substances are very important. 

The incorporation of benzimidazole, in addition to mimicking the imidazole donor function, would result in distortions in coordination geometries, owing to its steric bulk. From this standpoint a number of complexes have been reported (Table 3).87-89... 

Pyridine derivatives with additional donor functions and sterically demanding substituents have been used with the intention of producing complexes of Cd (and of other metals) with low coordination number one of these ligands is the tridentate, planar-bonding 2,6-bis[(2,6-dimethyl-phenylimino)methyl] pyridine (pydim a Schiff base derived from 2,6-pyridine dialdehyde), which with Cd(BF4)2 and thiocyanate gives a dinuclear complex [(pydim)Cd(/x-NCS-S,N)]2(BF4)2 with N-dominated coordination sphere.191 As centrosymmetric Plijc, Z= 2), the complex has an antiparallel /x-1,3 NCS double bridge with Cd—N and Cd—S bonds (224.6 pm and 255.5 pm, respectively) the Cd—N(py) bond is clearly shorter than the Cd—N(imino) bonds (225.6 pm and 245.0 pm,... 

Roughly speaking, we may say that dimethylformamide acts in a way analogously to alcohols, with the difference of having its H-bond acceptor and donor functions in sterically distant sites compared to the —OH moiety. The prevailing recognition pattern can be subject to alterations, giving an individual touch to the associate in question, nevertheless it may be traced back to its characteristic form. 

Many ligands of this category offer the prospect of inducing axial metal-ion coordination even for those cases where the pendant arms incorporate weak donor functions. Coordination will be enhanced simply because the donors are held near to the metal and hence their effective ... 

Species such as (180) form a category of crowns incorporating an additional donor function which is not directly part of the macrocyclic ring. Many other derivatives have been synthesized in which additional donor functions are appended to the crown ring by means of arms . A selection of such pendant arm crowns is discussed in the following section. 

It is well-established that the molecular and electronic structures of metal complexes of azamacrocycles are greatly affected upon N-alkylation (197). This is mainly due to two factors (a) the decrease of the ligand field strength and (b) the increase in the steric requirements upon going from a secondary to a tertiary amine donor function (251). To examine whether the properties of the dinuclear amine-thiophenolate complexes are affected by the N-alkyl substituents, analogous complexes of the... 

The conversion of the six secondary into tertiary amine donor functions does not change the overall structure of the [M2(Lr)( -L )]+ complexes. That is the complexes retain their bioctahedral N3M( -SR)2( -L )MN3 core structures and the macrocycle conformation remains constant for a given coligand, see for instance the isostructural compounds 52-55 (211). This offers the opportunity to extend the rims of the binding pocket of the [M2(LR)(L )] complexes. 

Incorporation of additional donor functionality into the periphery of phosphinomethanide ligands also has dramatic consequences for the structures of their alkali metal complexes. The complex [Li C(SiMe2Ph)(PMe2)2 ]3 (49) crystallizes as solvent-free cyclic tri-mers (Fig. 18), in which each lithium is primarily coordinated by two P atoms from one ligand and the carbanion center of an adjacent ligand (138, 139). This is supplemented by an essentially -interaction with the ipso and an ortho-carbon of the phenyl ring associated with the carbanion bonded to lithium. Each Li is thus bound by two P atoms, two aryl carbons, and a central carbon of the phosphinomethanide ligands. 

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