Tuning metal coordination number by ancillary ligand steric effects: synthesis of a three-coordinate iron(ii) complex

Jeremy M. Smith, R.J. Lachicotte, Patrick L. Holland

Chemical Communications · 2001 · 116 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

The coordination number of the metal in iron(II) beta-diketiminate complexes can be tuned through the size of the alkyl substituents on the ligand backbone.

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