Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2007, 72, 435-452
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20070435

Mixed Transition Metal Acetylides Connected by Carbon-Rich Bridging Units: On the Way to Heterohexametallic Organometallics

Heinrich Lang* and Rico Packheiser

Technische Universität Chemnitz, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie, Strasse der Nationen 62, 09111 Chemnitz, Germany

Abstract

This review describes the synthesis, reaction chemistry, structures and bonding of heterotri- to heterohexametallic complexes with early and late transition metal centres by applying the molecular Tinkertoy approach. The use of π-conjugated carbon-rich multifunctional organic units such as alkynyl-functionalized bipyridine, 1,4-di- and 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene or phosphane moieties connecting the different metal atoms, is highlighted.

Keywords: Heteromultimetallic complexes; Transition metals; Organometallic π-tweezers; Alkyne complexes; Bipyridine ligands; Ferrocene; Half-sandwich complexes; Metallocenes.

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