Showing papers in "Coordination Chemistry Reviews in 2006"

TL;DR: A review on metal ion containing coordination polymer networks is given in this paper, where the authors highlight the current research in the field by giving a short overview on the concept of coordination polymers networks, how and why they are made.

TL;DR: In this article, a review article focuses primarily on the work carried in our laboratories over the last few years using luminescent and colorimetric sensors, where the anion recognition occurs through hydrogen bonding in organic or aqueous solvents.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of known main-group, transition metal and lanthanide complexes exhibiting room-temperature phosphorescence, either for direct application as dopants in the emissive layer of OLED devices, or as an aid to deduce which structural trends might lead to new materials for this purpose.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review describes the development of ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters using main group metal complexes as catalysts/initiators, and the complexes described here are classified according to metal groups.

TL;DR: Indicator displacement assays are now a popular method for converting most any synthetic receptor into an optical sensor and will continue to be one of many methods used to create optical detection methods from synthetic receptors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of small boron clusters as individual species in the gas phase is presented, and the planarity of the species has been further elucidated on the basis of multiple aromaticity, multiple antiaromaticity, and conflicting aromaticity.

TL;DR: This review covers the field of anion recognition from the perspective of tetrahedral oxyanion recognition by focusing on metal-free systems that are able to effect the recognition, binding or transport of phosphate and sulfate.

TL;DR: A review article highlighting advances made in abiotic anion coordination chemistry from 2002 to 2004 is presented in this article, where the role of anions in directing the self-assembly of complex molecular architectures are presented.

TL;DR: A review of low coordinate phosphorus ligands featuring P=C double bonds can be found in this article, where the most significant developments are presented and discussed for each class of ligands.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe advances made over the past three years in anion recognition using coordination complexes, with a specific focus on dimetallic architectures that utilize a bridging mechanism.

TL;DR: The functionalization of polymeric materials with Lewis acidic boron sites has led to exciting new opportunities in diverse areas, ranging from new polymeric catalysts to the preparation of highly luminescent materials and the design of efficient sensor systems for nucleophiles as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the key advances that have occurred in the discovery and development of 2,6-bis(imino)pyridyl iron(II) and cobalt-II catalysts for the transformation of ethylene into linear and branched homopolymers or into α-olefins with either Schulz-Flory or Poisson distribution are highlighted.

TL;DR: A review of the application of electron paramagnetic resonance at multiple, high frequencies (95-700 GHz) and at correspondingly high magnetic fields (up to 25 T) is given in this article.

TL;DR: In this article, a number of multicomponent systems have been designed to perform defined functions related to light emission and quenching, which can be switched ON/OFF by the operator through a chemical input, either a change of pH or a variation of the redox potential.

TL;DR: The shift properties of paramagnetic lanthanide(III) complexes (Ln ≠ Gd) have been exploited for designing a novel class of contrast agents based on the transfer of saturated magnetization to the bulk water signal from exchangeable protons on the contrast agent molecules (chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) agents) or from water molecules interacting with a Lanthanide shift reagent.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent progress over the past decade in the development of transition metal-based polymetallaynes and their related molecular model oligomers is presented.

TL;DR: The behavior of polyamines as receptors of selected families of anions in water is explored in this paper, where metallocyanide interaction with saturated polyammonium hosts is analyzed both in solution and in the solid state.

TL;DR: The photophysical properties of mononuclear Pt II chromophores of the general structural formulae: Pt(LL)(C CR) 2 and [Pt(LLL) + (LL ǫ = substituted or unsubstituated 2,2′-bipyridine; LLL Ã = substantially substituted 6′, 2.6′,2″-terpyridine, R Ã > alkyl) are described in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent achievements in the functionalization of polyolefins is presented, with special attention being paid to the chemistries using transition metal-catalyzed process to synthesize structurally well-defined functional polyolefs, including side group-functionalized polyolefin, chain end-functionalised polyolein and functional polyine with graft and block structures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the interaction of organic azides with transition metal complexes with particular attention to the coordination modes of these molecules is discussed with the utility of these catalytic reactions for the synthesis of organic compounds.

TL;DR: A comprehensive survey of constrained geometry complexes (CGCs) can be found in this article, where the authors present a comprehensive survey about the chemistry of CGCs and cover reports in the open literature between 1990 and spring 2005.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of anion-templated synthesis in supramolecular and coordination chemistry can be found in this article, where the authors highlight the most important recent advances in the area.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review focusing on uranium cation coordination complexes with multidentate nitrogen-containing ligands appeared in the literature from 2000 to mid-2005, with reports prior to 2000 included where pertinent.

TL;DR: In this article, the results obtained in our research group on supramolecular species, devices and machines that exploit the properties of Ru(II) bipyridine complexes are reviewed.

TL;DR: The ability of the cyanido ligand to link various metal ions leads to a wide diversity of structural architectures ranging from discrete polynuclear complexes to fascinating three-dimensional networks as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the energy of the hydrogen bonding interaction and selectivity are solely related to the acidic tendencies of the receptor and to the basic properties of the anion.

TL;DR: A review of the recent progress in coordination and organometallic chemistry involving metal complexes of chelating diarylamido phosphine ligands, including bidentate amido phosphine [NP] −, tridentates amido diphosphine [PNP] −, and tridentate diamido phosphines [NPN] 2−, can be found in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report new examples on the use of "smart sensory materials" based on nanoscopic inorganic structures as bio-mimetic hosts for anion sensing, which combine molecular ideas and 3D solid pre-organised features for the development of organic/inorganic hybrid materials for recognition/sensing protocols.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the synthetic methods used to improve the photophysical properties of Ru(II) complexes based on tridentate ligands and explore the application of these strategies to oligonuclear complexes incorporating Ru( II) metal centers is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the literature on the use of metallodendrimers in the context of nanosciences, focusing on the potential applications of these materials.