Gerard van Koten and colleagues test a synthetic method for the synthesis of NCN-pincer complexes of early and middle transition metals, in cases where their synthesis via the corresponding lithium reagents fails. The paper also describes the results of tests using these new NCN-pincer metal complexes as olefin polymerisation precatalysts. Read more in their article below – free to read until the 30th June.
Mono N,C,N-pincer complexes of titanium, vanadium and niobium. Synthesis, structure and catalytic activity in olefin polymerisation
Alexey V. Chuchuryukin, Rubin Huang, Ernst E. van Faassen, Gerard P. M. van Klink, Martin Lutz, John C. Chadwick, Anthony L. Spek and Gerard van Koten, Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10482A
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This Hot Article will feature in the forthcoming Pincers themed issue appearing soon – indeed Professor van Koten is a guest editor of this issue, along with Professor Bert Klein Gebbink. Look out for the issue when it is published later this summer!
Do you make or use pincer ligands as part of your own research? Why not tell us your thoughts on your own work or this paper by posting a comment on this blog post below…….
The graphical abstract for this article seems to show an incorrect structure for complexes 2 and 3 – the bridging ligand should be 4,4`-(diphenylphosphino)diphenyl
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Dear Alison,
Thank you for this message and correction. You are absolutely right. Blindness from my side as being in haste I uploaded an incorrect first version of the graphical abstract.
Today I have send the correct structure to the editor and hope that they will be so kind to make a correction.
In spite of this error I hope that you enjoyed our paper! Thanks again for pointing out!!!
With best regards Gerard van Koten
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Dear Alison,
Thank you for this message and correction. You are absolutely right. Blindness from my side as being in haste I uploaded an incorrect first version of the graphical abstract.
Today I have send the correct structure to the editor and hope that they will be so kind to make a correction.
In spite of this error I hope that you enjoyed our paper! Thanks again for pointing out!!!
With best regards Gerard van Koten
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Hi Alison,
Thank you very much for pointing this out. The graphical abstract in the paper and the image in the blog has now been corrected.
All the best
Ruth
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