Beyond classical coordination: silver-pi interactions in metal dipyrrin complexes

Domingo Salazar-Mendoza; Stéphane A Baudron; Mir Wais Hosseini

doi:10.1039/b704466f

Beyond classical coordination: silver-pi interactions in metal dipyrrin complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Jun 14:(22):2252-4. doi: 10.1039/b704466f. Epub 2007 May 14.

Authors

Domingo Salazar-Mendoza¹, Stéphane A Baudron, Mir Wais Hosseini

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination Organique (UMR 7140), Université Louis Pasteur, Institut Le Bel, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000, Strasbourg, France.

PMID: 17534507
DOI: 10.1039/b704466f

Abstract

Homo- and hetero-leptic Zn and Cu complexes of dipyrrin type ligands bearing mono- and di-cyanophenyl groups when combined with silver cations lead to the formation of Ag(I)-C=C double bond interactions unprecedented in the crystalline phase.