Ligands and complexes with supramolecular aromatic-aromatic interactions: Iron(II) and ruthenium(II) complexes of 2,2′ :6′ ,2″- terpyridines with pendant naphthalene groups

The synthesis and characterisation of five new ligands (L), each containing a terpy binding domain and bearing a pendant naphthalene group in the 4′-position are described; homoleptic complexes, [ML 2][PF 6] 4 (M = Fe, Ru) have been studied and structural data for four complexes are reported. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

Conventional and metal-directed synthesis of homodinuclear and heterotrinuclear complexes of homoditopic and heteroditopic ligands incorporating bpy and tpy metal-binding domains

Strategies for the preparation of multinuclear complexes containing homoditopic and heteroditopic ligands based upon 2,2$-bipyridine (bpy) and 2,2:6$,2$$-terpyridine metal binding domains are presented. Both conventional approaches based upon preparation of a free ligand and subsequent coordination and metal-directed reactions of coordinated ligands are utilized in the various strategies. A representative series of complexes of these ligands has been prepared. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved