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Stabilizing Terminal Ni(III)−Hydroxide Complex Using NNN-Pincer Ligands: Synthesis and Characterization Jitendrasingh Rajpurohit,† Pragya Shukla,† Pardeep Kumar,† Chinmoy Das,† Shefali Vaidya,† Mahesh Sundararajan,§,∥ Muralidharan Shanmugam,*,‡ and Maheswaran Shanmugam*,† †
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai − 400076, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princes Street, Manchester − M1 7DN, U.K. § Theoretical Chemistry Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai − 400 085, India Downloaded via UNIV OF MELBOURNE on April 23, 2019 at 01:11:53 (UTC). See https://pubs.acs.org/sharingguidelines for options on how to legitimately share published articles.
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ABSTRACT: The reaction of [Ni(COD)2] (COD; cyclooctadiene) in THF with the NNN-pincer ligand bis(imino)pyridyl (L1) reveals a susceptibility to oxidation in an inert atmosphere ([O2] level
