Transition Metal Complexes with Two New Series of Tetradentate Ligands

摘要

An investigation was undertaken of the coordinating properties of flexible tetradentate phosphorus, arsenic, and nitrogen ligands of the type D(CH2CH2CH2D')3, (where D does not = D'). A series of nickel (II) complexes with the five coordinate (Ni(ligand)X)(+) cations was isolated and studied extensively. A number of Pd(II) and Co(II) complexes were also examined. A second series of studies involved the nature of bonding in boron-transition metal complexes having groups of the type B(OCH2CH2NR2). Also, the synthesis of a number of tetradentate compounds with boron-carbon bonds was undertaken (e.g., B(Ph-AsO2)3).