IR spectroscopic methods for the investigation of the CO release from CORMs.

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas for mammals, and despite this fact, it is naturally produced in these organisms and has been proven to be beneficial in medical treatments, too. Therefore, CO-releasing molecules (CORMs) are intensively developed to administer and dose CO for physiological applications. Nearly all of these compounds are metal carbonyl complexes, which have been synthesized and investigated.

Bis[μ-N-(tert-butyl-dimethyl-silyl)-N-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amido]-bis-[methyl-cobalt(II)].

The green title complex, [Co(2)(CH(3))(2)(C(12)H(21)N(2)Si)(2)], was obtained from bis-{[μ-N-tert-butyl-dimethyl-silyl-N-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amido]-chloridocobalt(II)} and methyl-lithium in diethyl ether at 195 K via a metathesis reaction. The dimeric cobalt(II) complex exhibits a crystallographic center of inversion in the middle of the Co(2)N(2) ring (average Co-N = 2.050 Å).

Synthesis of heteroleptic iron(II) 2-pyridylmethylamides and 2-pyridylmethylideneamines via the reaction of [(thf)Fe{N(SiMe3)2}2Cl] with (2-pyridylmethyl)(trialkylsilyl)amines.

The deprotonation of (2-pyridylmethyl)(triorganylsilyl)amines of the type Py-CH(2)-N(H)-SiR(3) with SiR(3) = SiMe(2)tBu (1a), SiMe(2)(CMe(2)iPr) (1b), SiiPr(3) (1c) and SiPh(3) (1d) with (thf)Fe[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2)Cl in THF is accompanied by redox reactions and leads to the formation of iron(II) compounds. The products with lower solubility precipitated first and are the pale yellow and paramagnetic complexes chloro-(2-pyridylmethyl)(triorganylsilyl)amido iron(ii) [SiR(3) = SiMe(2)tBu (2a), SiMe(2)(CMe(2)iPr) (2b), SiiPr(3) (2c), and SiPh(3) (2d)]. These complexes crystallized dimeric with Fe(2)N(2) rings with different Fe-N bond lengths (average values of 211.

Bis(N-triisopropyl-silyl-quinolin-8-aminato)nickel(II).

The reddish-brown title complex, [Ni(C(18)H(27)N(2)Si)(2)], was prepared via the salt-metathesis reaction of N-triisopropyl-silyl-8-amido-quinoline lithium with nickelocene (NiCp(2)). The asymmetric unit contains two symmetry-independent mol-ecules with the Ni atoms in distorted tetra-hedral environments.

A key step in the formation of acrylic acid from CO2 and ethylene: the transformation of a nickelalactone into a nickel-acrylate complex.

The reaction of a nickelalactone with dppm, resulting in the formation of a stable binuclear Ni(I) complex with an acrylate, a Ph2P- and a dppm bridge, models a key step in the formation of acrylic acid from CO2 and ethylene.