Intramolecular N-H···Cl hydrogen bonds in the outer coordination sphere of a bipyridyl bisurea-based ligand stabilize a tetrahedral FeLCl2 complex.
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SUBMITTER: Gavette JV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4112994 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
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Intramolecular N-H···Cl hydrogen bonds in the outer coordination sphere of a bipyridyl bisurea-based ligand stabilize a tetrahedral FeLCl2 complex.
Gavette Jesse V JV Klug Christina M CM Zakharov Lev N LN Shores Matthew P MP Haley Michael M MM Johnson Darren W DW
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20140701 54
A bipyridyl-based anion receptor is utilized as a ligand in a tetrahedral FeCl2 complex and demonstrates secondary coordination sphere influence through intramolecular hydrogen bonding to the chloride ligands as evidenced by X-ray crystallography. ...[more]
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