title: Ligand-centred reactivity in diiminepyridine complexes.
abstract: The diiminepyridine ligand, made famous by Brookhart and Gibson a decade ago through its use in the first iron-containing olefin polymerization catalyst, also displays an amazing variety of ligand-centred reactions, including electron transfer, alkylation, dimerization and deprotonation. The present Perspective summarizes these reactions and also speculates on the links between ligand- and metal-centred reactivity.
authors.affiliation: CatFix BV, Roeterstraat 35, 1018 WB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. qknijnen@science.uva.nl
authors.forename: Quinten
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Knijnenburg
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gambarotta
authors.forename: Peter H M
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Budzelaar