title: Divergent coordination mode of magnesium and zinc alkyls supported by the bifunctional pyrrolylaldiminato ligand.
abstract: The first magnesium and zinc alkyls derived from N-(iso-propyl)-pyrrolylaldimine have been synthesised and structurally characterised: both tBuM(N,N')-type compounds exist as three-coordinate monomers in benzene solution, but in the solid state the magnesium complex is a centrosymmetric dimer with Mg2(mu-N)2 bridges, whereas the zinc complex is a Zn...pi bonded dimer with a pi-coordinated pyrrole unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland. lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewiński
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dranka
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kraszewska
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sliwiński
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Justyniak