The effect of N-methylation on the chemical reactivity of binuclear Ni amine-thiophenolate complexesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Characterization data for all new compounds. ORTEP plots for complexes 5 and 6. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b103050g/
Abstract
Macrocyclic amine thiophenolate ligands are shown to form face-sharing bioctahedral nickel complexes with a central N3Ni(μ-SR)2(μ-Cl)NiN3 core structure. The bridging halide ion can be readily replaced when all six nitrogen atoms are tertiary amine donors.