title: Unsaturated dinickel-molybdenum clusters with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands.
abstract: The first examples of mixed metal trinuclear clusters carrying N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands were isolated from reactions of the complexes [Ni(NHC)ClCp] [NHC = bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)- or bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-imidazol-2-ylidene] with [Mo(CO)(3)Cp](-); the unsaturated 46-electron clusters have triangular MoNi(2) cores and the reaction pathway activates usually inert Ni-Cp and Ni-NHC bonds.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organométallique Appliquée, UMR CNRS 7509, ECPM, Université Louis Pasteur, 25 Rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milosevic
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ritleng
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chetcuti