Pl. Hill et al., ORGANOIMIDO LIGANDS WITH REMOTE FUNCTIONALITY - A P-PYRIDYLIMIDO COMPLEX OF VANADIUM(V) AND ITS USE AS A METALLOLIGAND, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (7), 1995, pp. 737-738
The exposed nitrogen atom of the p-pyridylimido ligand in the vanadium
(v) species [(N3N)V=N-C5H4N] 1 {N3N = [(Me(3)SiNCH(2)CH(2))(3)N](3-)}
provides a reactive site capable of complexing a second metal fragment
, enabling the construction of new types of heterobimetallic complexes
linked by a compact conjugated bridge.