title: Interaction of cobalt(II) and nickel(II) with a gamma-linked, bis-beta-diketone ligand to yield an unusual coordination motif.
abstract: Discrete cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes of type ML (where L is a bis(2,4-pentanedionate) derivative incorporating a -SCH2CH2S- bridge between the gamma-carbons of respective beta-diketone units) have been synthesised and represent the first examples in which a gamma-substituted, thioether-containing beta-diketone ligand coordinates via a sulfur and oxygen donor in preference to the classical coordination mode involving both beta-diketonate oxygens.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Chemistry, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550001, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bai-Shu
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiao-Yi
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huai-Wu
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Shi-Xia
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Leonard F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Lindoy
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McMurtrie
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wei