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

Table 3.1.4.

Steric effects of N-aryl substituents on structural properties

Complex Ligand N-M-N bite angle M-N Distance (Å) C(aryl)-N-C(β) bond angle Selected bond length (Å) Reference
LSc(CH2TMS)2 LMe,iPr 90.7° 2.113
2.133		 120.1°
120.8°		 Sc-C: 2.244
2.194		 16
LMe,m-tBu 83.1° 2.128
2.128		 121.6°
122.1°		 Sc-C: 2.210
2.215		 69
LMe,m-Tipp 84.9° 2.127
2.123		 120.4°
119.2°		 Sc-C: 2.203
2.202		 69
[LV]2 LMe,Et 88.69° 2.066
2.041		 115.84°
114.05°		 V-arene: 1.422 34
LMe,Me 88.73° 2.057
2.034		 115.98°
113.22°		 V-arene: 1.411 34
LMe,An 88.83° 2.025
2.020		 117.05°
117.01°		 V-arene: 1.744 34
LCr(Cl)(η5-Cp) LMe,iPr 89.9° 2.036
2.036		 117.3°
117.3°		 Cr-Cp: 1.929 62
LMe,Et 90.3° 2.022
2.016		 118.0°
117.9°		 Cr-Cp: 1.901 72
LMe,Me 90.5° 2.019
2.018		 117.7°
119.0°		 Cr-Cp: 1.897 63
LCr(Cp)(alkyl) LMe,iPr 90.7° 2.039
2.039		 118.3°
118.8°		 Cr-Cp: 1.972 62
LMe,Et 90.2° 2.029
2.017		 118.7°
118.3°		 Cr-Cp: 1.963 72
LMe,Me 90.7° 2.024
2.026		 116.9°
117.6°		 Cr-Cp: 1.966 72
LFe(μ-Cl)2Li(THF)2 LMe,iPr 93.22° 2.021
2.006		 120.27°
118.59°		 Fe-Cl: 2.338
2.324		 18
MeLMe,Me 93.19° 1.983
1.983		 119.19°
119.19°		 Fe-Cl: 2.325
2.325		 91
[LNi(μ-Cl)2 LMe,iPr 93.66° 1.946
1.938		 117.11°
116.42°		 Ni-Cl: 2.350
2.325		 24
LMe,Me 94.7° 1.915
1.913		 117.88°
117.30°		 Ni-Cl: 2.313
2.300		 25
LNi(μ-P4)NiL LMe,iPr 94.98° 1.947
1.968		 117.74°
116.94°		 Ni-P: 2.339, 2.217, 2.195 42
LMe,Et 96.44° 1.931
1.928		 119.86°
115.87°		 Ni-P: 2.203, 2.329, 2.167 42
[LCu(μ-S)]2 LMe,Et 99.30° 1.907
1.910		 118.43°
118.18°		 Cu-S: 2.197
2.193		 66
LMe,Me 99.43° 1.899
1.896		 119.65°
119.17°		 Cu-S:2.184
2.187		 67
PhLH,iPr 96.95° 1.913
1.905		 116.70°
115.97°		 Cu-S:2.205
2.198		 67
PhLH,Et 96.92° 1.911
1.909		 116.96°
117.21°		 Cu-S:2.195
2.194		 67
ArFLH,iPr 97.07° 1.921
1.905		 115.47°
116.00°		 Cu-S:2.194
2.206		 67
ArFLH,Me 98.07° 1.906
1.912		 115.21°
117.26°		 Cu-S:2.198
2.198		 67
[LCu(μ-OH)]2 CNLH,Et 93.63° 1.955
1.943		 115.90°
115.44°		 Cu-O: 1.926
1.926, 1.909		 46
CNLH,Me3 93.35° 1.962
1.958
1.946		 117.62°
117.29°		 Cu-O: 1.922
1.920, 1.904		 46
LRu(Cl)(η6-Benzene) LMe,Me 86.56° 2.099
2.099		 116.80°
116.80°		 Ru-Cl: 2.521
Ru-Benzene:1.688		 84
LMe,m-Me 88.21° 2.098
2.091		 117.53°
117.38°		 Ru-Cl:2.453
Ru-Benzene:1.683		 85
LRu(Cl)(η5-Cp*) LMe,Me 87.51° 2.089
2.075		 114.98°
115.14°		 Ru-Cl: 2.461
Ru-Cp*:1.889		 86
LMe,m-Me 87.83° 2.050
2.051		 116.43°
115.98°		 Ru-Cl:2.451
Ru-Cp*:1.869		 86
LRu(η5-Cp*) LMe,Me 87.23° 2.070
2.060		 114.36°
113.70°		 Ru-Cp*:1.819 86
LMe,m-Me 87.92° 2.060
2.063		 115.62°
115.29°		 Ru-Cp*:1.809 86
LMe,H 87.68° 2.053
2.046		 113.89°
113.74°		 Ru-Cp*:1.800 92
[LPd(μ-Cl)]2 LMe,iPr 91.78° 2.023
2.013		 118.65°
117.87°		 Pd-Cl: 2.366
2.354		 93
LMe,m-CF3 90.93° 2.006
1.989		 118.57°
118.97°		 Pd-Cl: 2.350
2.352		 93
LMe,H 91.30° 2.000
2.001		 118.20°
120.61°		 Pd-Cl: 2.342
2.356		 33
LPd(Cl)(Py) LMe,iPr 91.70° 2.031
2.014		 118.19°
116.65°		 Pd-Cl: 2.315
Pd-Py: 2.078		 93
LMe,m-CF3 90.08° 2.026
2.013		 119.46°
120.11°		 Pd-Cl: 2.302
Pd-Py: 2.039		 93