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Poly(mercaptoimidazolyl)borate Complexes of Cadmium and Mercury

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The coordination chemistry of bis- and tris(mercaptoimidazolyl)borate ligands with both main-group and transition metals is rapidly expanding. Usually regarded as soft analogues of the popular poly(pyrazolyl)borates (scorpionates), these sulfur-donor ligands display a good affinity for soft metals such as cadmium and mercury. They are readily prepared in high yield and their metal complexes are usually air-stable and exhibit good solubility and simple spectroscopic features in solution and good crystallinity in the solid state. This review will describe the syntheses, structures and reactivity of cadmium and mercury compounds supported by this family of ligands, ranging from simple homoleptic M(Bm R)2 and M(TmR)2 derivatives (M = Cd, Hg) to a variety of well-defined (TmR)MX complexes (X = halide, thiolate, etc.). Comparisons with known zinc analogues will also be drawn whenever appropriate, particularly with the goal of establishing trends in structural features, reactivity and physical or spectroscopic properties.

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Acknowledgments

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, the Research Corporation, the donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, the National Science Foundation (Award No. CHE-0316723) and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte are gratefully acknowledged for support of this research. I sincerely thank the undergraduate and graduate students who have been (or still are) involved in our cadmium and mercury chemistry, including Selma Bakbak, Hamsell Alvarez, Jenny White, Dania Alyounes, Mark Viktora, Lauren Philson, Xiuxian (Susan) He and Juiche Hsieh. We have also been very fortunate over the years to have a group of dedicated and generous collaborators for single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies (your help and friendship has been a true blessing): Arnie Rheingold, Chris Incarvito, Lev Zakharov, Scott Kassel, Joe Tanski, Mariusz Krawiec, Glenn Yap and Kevin Kreisel.

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Rabinovich, D. Poly(mercaptoimidazolyl)borate Complexes of Cadmium and Mercury. In: Atwood, D.A. (eds) Recent Developments in Mercury Science. Structure and Bonding, vol 120. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/430_031

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