SYNTHESIS OF A NICKEL(0) COMPLEX OF A METHOXY-SUBSTITUTED TRIBENZOCYCLOTRIYNE - X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR AN INTERMOLECULAR C-H-NI AGOSTIC INTERACTION
Wj. Youngs et al., SYNTHESIS OF A NICKEL(0) COMPLEX OF A METHOXY-SUBSTITUTED TRIBENZOCYCLOTRIYNE - X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR AN INTERMOLECULAR C-H-NI AGOSTIC INTERACTION, Organometallics, 12(7), 1993, pp. 2406-2407
The synthesis and characterization of a nickel-(0) complex of 5,6,11,1
2,17,18-hexadehydro-1,4,7,10,13, 16-hexamethoxytribenzo[a,e,i]cyclodod
ecene (2) is described. The crystal structure revealed the presence of
intermolecular agostic C-H---Ni and intermolecular C-H---O interactio
ns.