Metal complexes covalent binding

Coordination bonds, between transition metal atoms and ligating atoms, 27 72-76 Coordination chemistry, of oligopyridines, see Oligopyridines, coordination chemistry Coordination complexes covalent binding in, 5 13-15 fluorocyclic derivatives, 15 346-368 Coordination compounds... 

The hydrolysis of esters by the nickel derivative (271) provided an early example of the use of a metal-capped cyclodextrin as a catalyst (shown here as its p-nitrophenyl acetate inclusion complex) (Breslow Overman, 1970 Breslow, 1971). The synthesis of this host involves the following steps (i) covalent binding of the pyridine dicarboxylic acid moiety to cyclodextrin, (ii) coordination of Ni(n) to this species, and (iii)... 

Such facets of dynamic metal-ligand binding offer a range of tunable properties in MSPs. We now discuss a selection of examples that reveals how these systems differ from typical covalent polymers and small molecule metal complexes yet combine the properties of both to form a new class of materials. 

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