Dalton Transactions (Print Edition) 2015-08-07

Metallosupramolecular Ni2L3 and Ni4L6 complexes of bis-bidentate pyridine-containing ligands: X-ray structures and catalytic proton reduction.

Chui-Shan Tsang, Lingjing Chen, Lu-Wei Li, Shek-Man Yiu, Tai-Chu Lau, Hoi-Lun Kwong

Index: Dalton Trans. 44 , 13087-92, (2015)

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Abstract

The pyridine-containing ligands and react with Ni(2+) ions to afford dinuclear triple-stranded helicate and tetrahedral cage supramolecular complexes, respectively; the two architectures exhibit contrasting reactivity towards electro- and photocatalytic proton reduction.