title: Sodium cubane and double-cubane aggregates of hybridised salicylaldimines and their transmetallation to nickel for catalytic ethylene oligomerisation.
abstract: Deprotonation of functional salicylaldimines with NaH invariably results in cubane or double-cubane Na(I) aggregates which transmetallate with Ni(II) under different stoichiometric conditions to give Ni(II) complexes that are catalytically active towards ethylene oligomerisation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
authors.forename: Xiaolu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: T S Andy
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Hor