Chemistry in Stringland: One-Dimensional Complexes of Main-Group Metal Ions with the Ligands NC  2  n  X (X=N, CH;  n  = 0,1,2,3)

Petrie, Simon

Chemistry in Stringland: One-Dimensional Complexes of Main-Group Metal Ions with the Ligands NC 2 n X (X=N, CH; n = 0,1,2,3)

Date

2003

Authors

Petrie, Simon

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

Complexation by M+ (M = Li, Be, Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca) of the highly unsaturated linear molecules NC2nX (X = N, CH; n = 0, 1, 2, 3) occurs exclusively by σ coordination to the terminal N atom, yielding linear molecular cations that are here characterized usi