Zero-valent isocyanides of nickel, palladium and platinum as transition metal σ-type Lewis bases

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 52; no. 96; pp. 13829 - 13839
• Main Authors: Barnett, Brandon R, Figueroa, Joshua S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 24.11.2016
• Subjects: chemical reactions; Coordination compounds; Electronic structure; Lewis acid; Lewis acids; Lewis bases; Ligands; nickel; Palladium; Platinum; spectroscopy; Transition metals

Transition metal complexes that contain metal-to-ligand retrodative σ-bonds have become the subject of increasing studies over the last decade. Lewis acidic "Z-type ligands" can modulate the electronic structure of their resultant complexes in a manner distinct from 2e − donor ligands, and...