Inorganic Syntheses, Volume 33

DIMITRI COUCOUVANIS, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan.

• Chapter One SYNTHESES OF SELECTED SUPRAMOLECULES. 1. Toward Magnetic Building Blocks: Synthesis of a Planar Co(III)–cation Radical–cobalt(III) Complex of the Binucleating Ligand 1,2,4,5-Tetrakis(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamido)benzene. 2. A Luminescent Decanuclear Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine Complex: A Convergent Approach to a Dendritic Structure Employing the "Complexes as Metals/Complexes as Ligands" Synthetic Strategy. 3. Dodecatungstoaluminic Acid and Its Monolacunary and Mixed-Addendum Derivatives. 4. Supramolecular Complexes of BisBis(2,2'-bipyridine)osmium(II) and Ruthenium(II). 5. Binuclear Oxomolybdenum–Metalloporphyrin Complexes. 6. Iron Sandwich Polyoxoanion Compounds. 7. Dipyrryl and Porphyrinic Precursors to Supramolecular Conjugated (Porphinato)metal Arrays: Syntheses of Dipyrrylmethane and (5,15-diphenylporphinato)zinc(II). 8. Synthesis of Dodecaoxohexadecacarboxylatotetraaquo-dodecamanganese [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] (R = Me,Et,Ph,Cr) Complexes. 9. Use of Picolinehydroximate Complexes in Preparation of Uranyl and Lanthanide 15-Metallacrown-5: UO2(NO3)2 [15-MCCu(II)N(pic)-15] and {Eu(NO3)2[15-MCCu(II)N(pic)-15]}NO3. 10. Use of Salicyl- and Naphthoylhydroximate Complexes in Preparation of Manganese and Copper 12-Metallacrown-4 Complexes: Mn(II)(Acetate)2 [Mn(III)(salicylhydroximate)]4 and (Tetramethylammonium)2 [Cu(II)5 (naphthoylhydroximate)4]. Chapter Two USEFUL REAGENTS AND LIGANDS. 11. Homoleptic Transition Metal Acetonitrile Cations with Tetrafluoroborate or Trifluoromethanesulfonate Anions. 12. Synthesis of [MII(NCMe)6]2+ (M = V,Cr,Mn,Fe,Co,Ni) Salts of Tetra[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate. 13. Transition Metal p-Toluenesulfonates. 14. Salts of Binuclear Iron(II) and Iron(III) Dianions [(Fe2Cl6)2- and (Fe2OCl6)2-]. 15. Tetraethylammonium-Tetrathioperrhenate Et4N(ReS4). 16. Large-Scale Synthesis of Methyltrioxorhenium (CH3ReO3). 17. 4,5-Diaminocatechol: A Useful Building Block in Synthesis of Multimetallic Complexes. 18. A Convenient Synthesis of 1,5,9-Trithiacyclododecane (S3C9H18). Chapter Three SOLID-STATE MATERIALS AND CLUSTERS. 19. Synthesis of Quaternary Selenophosphates using Molten Salt Fluxes: Rb8Hg4(Se2)2(PSe4)4, K4In2(PSe5)2(P2Se6), Rb4Ti2(P2Se7)(P2Se9)2, Rb4U4(Se)2(Se2)4(PSe4)4. 20. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Sulfosalts: Ag3AsS3, Ag3SbS3, Ag7SbS6, Cu12Sb4S13, CuInS2, FeIn2S4. 21. Open-Framework Solids of the Vanadium Oxide–Phosphate System. 22. Sulfur-Bridged Incomplete Cubane-Type Molybdenum and Tungsten Aqua Ions. 23. Sulfur-Bridged Cubane Type Mixed-Metal Clusters with Mo3MS4 (M = Fe,Co,Ni,Cu,In,Sn) and W3NiS4 Cores. 24. Molybdenum and Tungsten Clusters as Aqua Ions [M3Q4(H2O)9]4+ (M = Mo,W; Q = S,Se) and Related Chalcogen-Rich Trinuclear Clusters. Chapter Four COMPOUNDS OF GENERAL INTEREST. 25. The Diphenylmethylenethiophosphinate (MTP) Ligand in Gold(I), Platinum(II), Lead(II), Thallium(I), and Mercury(II) Complexes, sym-Au2(MTP)2, (PPN)[Au(MTP)2], Au2Pt(MTP)4, Au2Pb(MTP)4, AuTl(MTP)4, Hg(MTP)2, Hg(MTP)2(AuCl)2, and HgIIAuI(MTP)2AuIIICl4. 26. Mesityl-gold(I) Complexes. 27. An Improved Synthesis of cis-Dithiocyanato-bis(4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bpy) Ru(II) Sensitizer. 28. Dimethylsulfoxide Complexes of Platinum(II): K[PtCl3(Me2SO)], cis-[PtCl2L(Me2SO)] (L = Me2SO,MeCN), [PtCl(μ-Cl)(Me2SO)]2, and [Pt(Me2SO)4](CF3SO3)2. 29. Tetrasulfur-tetranitride (S4N4). 30. Hydrotris(methimazolyl)borate. 31. Arsenic(III)bromide. 32. Dichlorodioxo-bis(triphenylphosphine oxide)uranium(VI) [UO2Cl2(OPPh3)2]. 33. Chlorohydro-tris(pyrazol-1-yl)borato-bis(triphenylphosphine) ruthenium(II) {RuCl[k3-HB(pz)](PPh3)2} (pz = pyrazol-1-yl). 34. Octacarbonyl-di-μ-hydridodirhenium [Re2(μ-H)2(CO)8]. 35. Zero-Valent Binuclear Nickel Complexes. 36. Preparation of a Synthetic Ribonuclease: The Europium(III) Complex of 1-(4-nitrobenzyl)-4,7,10-Tris(carbamoylmethyl)-1,4,7,10- tetraazacyclododecane. 37. Carbonyl Halide Tungsten(II) Complexes of Tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)hydroborate. 38. A Luminescent Complex of Re(I): fac-[Re(CO)3(bpy)(py)](CF3SO3) (bpy = 2.2'-bipyridine; py = pyridine). 39. RSi(OH)3 and RSi(NH2)3 [R = 2,6-iPr2C6H3N(SiMe3)]: Synthesis of Stable Organosilanes with Three Functional Groups. 40. Fluorination with Me3SnF: Synthesis of Cyclopentadienyl-Substituted Group 4 Metal Fluoride Complexes. 41. Seven-Coordinate [MI2(CO)3(NCMe)2], [MI2(CO)3(NCMe)(PPh3)], and Alkyne [MI2(CO)(NCMe)(η2-RC2R)2] Complexes of Molybdenum(II) and Tungsten(II). 42. Chlorothiocarbonyl-bis(triphenylphosphine)iridium(I) [IrCl(CS)(PPh3)2]. Contributor Index. Subject Index. Formula Index.

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