Heterobimetallic complexes with redox-active mesoionic carbenes as metalloligands: electrochemical properties, electronic structures and catalysis

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jul 11;51(54):10949-52. doi: 10.1039/c5cc01578b.

Abstract

A mesoionic carbene with a ferrocene backbone is used as a metalloligand to generate the first example of their Fe-Au heterobimetallic complexes. The details of geometric and electronic structures in different redox states and preliminary catalytic results are presented.