TY - JOUR
T1 - Homo-dinuclear σ-alkynyl complexes
T2 - Past, present and opportunities
AU - Hurst, Stephanie K.
AU - Ren, Tong
N1 - Funding Information:
The support from both the University of Miami and the Petroleum Research Fund/ACS (36595-AC3) is gratefully acknowledged. T.R. thanks the contributions from a talented group of co-workers, whose names appear in the references and Ms. Julia Barker for careful proof reading.
PY - 2003/3/17
Y1 - 2003/3/17
N2 - Homo-dinuclear alkynyl complexes with a distinct metal-metal bond constitute a rapidly growing field, where the focus is placed on compounds based on ruthenium, molybdenum, tungsten or rhodium. Interesting characteristics of these complexes include paramagnetism, intense charge-transfer absorptions, tunable bridging ligands, which may not be easily accessible in mononuclear acetylide systems. These complexes have significant potential for use in both molecular electronics and supramolecular chemistry. In this short account, previous work in this area is assessed, and each of the major groups of complexes is discussed in terms of both the synthetic strategies and structural motifs.
AB - Homo-dinuclear alkynyl complexes with a distinct metal-metal bond constitute a rapidly growing field, where the focus is placed on compounds based on ruthenium, molybdenum, tungsten or rhodium. Interesting characteristics of these complexes include paramagnetism, intense charge-transfer absorptions, tunable bridging ligands, which may not be easily accessible in mononuclear acetylide systems. These complexes have significant potential for use in both molecular electronics and supramolecular chemistry. In this short account, previous work in this area is assessed, and each of the major groups of complexes is discussed in terms of both the synthetic strategies and structural motifs.
KW - Alkynyl
KW - Dinuclear
KW - Metal-metal bonding
KW - Metallaynes
KW - Molecular wires
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-328X(02)02195-2
DO - 10.1016/S0022-328X(02)02195-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037450967
SN - 0022-328X
VL - 670
SP - 188
EP - 197
JO - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
JF - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
IS - 1-2
ER -