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Rhodium and Iridium Pyrazolato Blues
Author(s) -
Tejel Cristina,
Ciriano Miguel A.,
López José A.,
Lahoz Fernando J.,
Oro Luis A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980619)37:11<1542::aid-anie1542>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - iridium , rhodium , metal , blues , delocalized electron , chemistry , chain (unit) , photochemistry , crystallography , catalysis , organic chemistry , physics , astronomy , acoustics
The staggered arrangement of the two dimers in 1 facilitates the formation of an almost linear chain of four metal centers that is held together by a nonsupported metal–metal bond. The intense color of the compounds and the fractional oxidation states of the metal atoms can be explained by electron delocalization along the chain. M=Rh, Ir.