Diminishing accessibility of electrophilic nickel(<scp>ii</scp>) centres due to incorporation of a methylene spacer in the pendant side arm of a series of heterotrinuclear nickel(<scp>ii</scp>)/sodium complexes: a DFT study using a homodesmotic equation
Prasanata Kumar Bhaumik, Abhisek Banerjee, Tamal Dutta, Sudipta Chatterjee, Antonio Frontera, Shouvik Chattopadhyay
Abstract
The ethoxy groups have a dual effect in hindering the attack of the pseudo-halides on the nickel(<sc>ii</sc>) centre and also in stabilizing the complex by intra-molecular interactions.
Topics & Concepts
NickelChemistryHalideElectrophileSodiumSide chainCombinatorial chemistryPolymer chemistryStereochemistryInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisPolymerMagnetism in coordination complexesOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisMetal complexes synthesis and properties