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Perfect complementarity in the fitting of two homochiral heterodonor ligands around a nickel(II) centre: An 'intramolecular embrace'

  • Katharine L. Bray
  • , Craig P. Butts
  • , Guy C. Lloyd-Jones*
  • , Martin Murray
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    The homochiral form of the complex [('P,N')2Ni]2+ ('P,N' is a phosphino-heteroatom bidentate ligand) has been found to be more stable than its heterochiral analogue due to a 'fitting' of the two 'P,N' ligands about the Ni that is reminiscent of an 'intramolecular embrace'.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1421-1422
    Number of pages2
    JournalJournal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 7 May 1998

    Research Groups and Themes

    • Organic & Biological

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