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Platinum Complexes Featuring Terminally Bound Ga + and In + Ions
Author(s) -
Aldridge Simon
Publication year - 2006
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/anie.200603643
Subject(s) - acceptor , chemistry , crystallography , ligand (biochemistry) , ion , metal , metal ions in aqueous solution , stereochemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , receptor , condensed matter physics
Alone at the apex : The first metal complexes with Ga + or In + cations as terminally bound ligands have recently been synthesized. Structural and computational studies suggest a Lewis acid/base PtGa interaction for [GaPt(GaCp*) 4 ] + ( 1 ; Pt blue, Ga violet, C gray; Ar F =C 6 H 3 (CF 3 ) 2 ‐3,5). The Group 13 cation therefore functions as an acceptor ligand, with significant components of both σ and π symmetry contributing to the PtGa linkage.