PELOSO , Riccardo

This review aims to offer a detailed summary of the discoveries regarding non-heteroatom-substituted alkylidenes of group 10 and 11 metals that have appeared in the literature since the first isolable representative of this class was reported in 2002. Special attention is focused on synthetic and bonding aspects of well-defined species. The...

Organometallic chemistry can be considered as a wide area of knowledge that combines concepts of classic organic chemistry, that is, based essentially on carbon, with molecular inorganic chemistry, especially with coordination compounds. Transition-metal methyl complexes probably represent the simplest and most fundamental way to view how these...

Two phosphonite ligands bearing the highly sterically demanding 2,6-bis (2,6-dimethylphenyl)phenyl group (ArXyl2), PArXyl2(OPhNO2)2 and PArXyl2(OPhNO2)2, were prepared from the parent dihalophosphines PArXyl2X2 (X = Cl, Br) and the corresponding phenols, 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitro-2,6-dimethylphenol, respectively. DFT methods were used to...

We describe in this paper the synthesis and structural characterization of dimolybdenum and ditungsten complexes with MM bonds derived from the metal–metal bonded tetracarboxylates [M2(O2CR)4] and incorporating one or two bulky aminopyridinate or amidinate ligands. The new compounds were isolated in good yields from reactions of the...

Pt(II) alkylidene 1a has been reacted with terminal alkynes to afford ylide complexes 3a-d, resulting from electrophilic activation of the C≡C bond and its insertion into the platinacyclic fragment of 1a that contains the carbene functionality. DFT calculations indicate that the observed regioselectivity is determined by the nucleophilic attack...

Complex [PtMe(PMeAr)] (1), which contains a tethered terphenyl phosphine (Ar =2,6-(2,6-PrCH)CH), reacts with [H(EtO)]BAr (BAr =B[3,5-(CF)CH] ) to give the solvent (S) complex [PtMe(S)(PMeAr)] (2⋅S). Although the solvent molecule is easily displaced by a Lewis base (e.g., CO or CH) to afford the corresponding adducts, treatment of 2⋅S with CH...

New dimolybdenum complexes of composition [Mo2{μ-Me}2Li(S)}(μ- X)(μ-N^N)2] (3a−3c), where S = THF or Et2O and N^N represents a bidentate aminopyridinate or amidinate ligand that bridges the quadruply bonded molybdenum atoms, were prepared from the reaction of the appropriate [Mo2{μ-O2CMe}2(μ-N^N)2] precursors and LiMe. For complex 3a, X =...

To clarify the nature of the Mo[BOND]Carene interaction in terphenyl complexes with quadruple Mo[BOND]Mo bonds, ether adducts of composition [Mo2(Ar′)(I)(O2CR)2(OEt2)] have been prepared and characterized (Ar′=ArXyl2, R=Me; Ar′=ArMes2, R=Me; Ar′=ArXyl2, R=CF3) (Mes=mesityl; Xyl=2,6-Me2C6H3, from now on xylyl) and their reactivity toward...

Several dinuclear terphenyl phosphine copper(I) halide complexes of composition [CuX(PR2Ar′)]2 (X = Cl, Br, I; R = hydrocarbyl, Ar′ = 2,6-diarylterphenyl radical), 1-5, have been isolated from the reaction of CuX with 1 equiv of the phosphine ligand. Most of them have been characterized by X-ray diffraction studies in the solid state, thus...

New quadruply bonded dimolybdenum complexes of the terphenyl ligand Ar Xyl2 (Ar Xyl2 = C 6H 3-2,6-(C 6H 3-2,6-Me 2) 2) have been prepared and structurally characterized. The steric hindrance exerted by the Ar Xyl2 groups causes the Mo atoms to feature unsaturated four-coordinate structures and a formal fourteen-electron count.

The experimental and computational characterization of a series of dialkylterphenyl phosphines, PR2Ar′ is described. The new P‐donors comprise five compounds of general formula PR2Arurn:x-wiley:09476539:media:chem201803598:chem201803598-math-0001 (R=Me, Et, iPr, c‐C5H9 and c‐C6H11);...

A series of sterically demanding aryl phosphine ligands (L) bearing terphenyl substituents, PR2Ar′ (R = hydrocarbyl, Ar′ = 2,6-diarylphenyl radical) has been prepared and characterized. The stability of these ligands towards oxidation in the air has been tested, and theoretical and experimental studies aimed to provide information on their...