title: Synthesis and electronic spectra of fluorinated aryloxide and alkoxide [NiX(4)](2-) anions.
abstract: Five new homoleptic [NiX(4)](2-) compounds have been prepared with the fluorinated ligands OC(6)F(5) (OAr(F)), OC(6)H(3)(CF(3))(2) (OAr'), and OC(4)F(9) (OR(F)) and characterized with X-ray crystallography, magnetic susceptibility, and elemental analysis. Electronic spectral studies show that these ligands engender a ligand-field environment similar to that of fluoride and thus act electronically like fluoride, but with none of the drawbacks of F(-) as a transition-metal ligand.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, USA.
authors.forename: Bingna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Maria O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Antonio G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: DiPasquale
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Golen
authors.forename: Arnold L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rheingold
authors.forename: Linda H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Doerrer