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Published in final edited form as: Dalton Trans. 2015 Aug 5;44(38):16654–16670. doi: 10.1039/c5dt02215k

Table 3.1.1.

Selected examples of steric effects on ligand plane orientation of bimetallic complexes complexes

Complex	Ligand	Dihedral angle between two ligand planes	Reference
[LV]₂	L^Me,An	65.59°	34
	L^Me,Et	0°	34
	L^Me,Me	0°	34
[LCr(μ-Cl)]₂	L^tBu,iPr	32.41°	35
	L^Me,iPr	0°	36
	L^Me,Me	0°	37
LCr(η⁵-Cp)(μ-O)Cr(η⁵-Cp)L	L^Me,Me	9.14°	38
LCr(η⁵-Cp)(μ-O)Cr(η⁵-Cp)L	L^Me,m-TIPP	17.27°	38
[LFe(μ-H)]₂	L^tBu,iPr3	66.70°	39
	L^tBu,iPr	68.92°	40
	L^Me,iPr	71.15°	21
	^MeL^Me,Me	82.38°	20
LFe(tBuPy)(NN)Fe(tBuPy)L	L^tBu,iPr	81.68°	41
LFe(tBuPy)(NN)Fe(tBuPy)L	L^Me,iPr	50.04°	41
LFeNNFeL	L^tBu,iPr	87.18°	6
LFeNNFeL	L^Me,iPr	0.00°	41
[LFeNNFeL]K₂	L^tBu,iPr	35.7°	6
[LFeNNFeL]K₂	L^Me,iPr	34.3°	41
LNi(P₄)NiL	L^Me,iPr	39.96°	42
LNi(P₄)NiL	L^Me,Et	51.24°	42
[LCu(μ-Cl)]₂	L^Me,Et	0.00°	43
	L^Me,Cl	81.37°	31
	^ClL^Me,Me	74.96°	43
[LCu(μ-OH)]₂	L^CF3,Me	60.03°	44
	L^Me,Me	0.00°	45
	^CNL^H,Et	0.00°	46
	^CNL^H,Me3	11.34°	43
	^NO2L^H,Me3	40.86°	30