The elusive tripodal tris(2-pyridyl)borate ligand: a strongly coordinating tetraarylborate.
Tris(2-pyridyl)borates are introduced as a new robust and tunable "scorpionate"-type ligand family. A facile synthesis of this hitherto unknown ligand and its complexation to Fe(II) are described; the optical and electrochemical properties of the resulting iron complex are compared to complexes derived from tris(pyrazolyl)borate, tris(2-pyridyl)aluminate, and corresponding charge-neutral ligands.
Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University-Newark, 73 Warren Street, Newark, NJ, USA.
Chengzhong
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Cui
Roger A
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Lalancette
Frieder
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Jäkle