title: Structural transformations in dinuclear zinc complexes involving Zn-Zn bonds.
abstract: Reduction of Zn(2)(mu-eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))(2) with 4 equiv. of KC(8) resulted in a dramatic structural transformation into [(eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))ZnZn(eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))](2-) featuring a Zn-Zn bond instead of [Zn(2)(micro-eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))(2)](2-); the mechanism of the observed structural transformations arising from the Zn-Zn bond formation involving the intermediate of [Zn(2)(mu-eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))(2)](-) was elucidated by elaborate computations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C. yictsai@mx.nthu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yi-Chou
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Duan-Yen
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yang-Miin
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jenn-Kang
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Jen-Shiang K
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013696:Temperature; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc