USE OF SILVER(I) COMPLEXES IN SYNTHESIS - A GENERALIZED-APPROACH TO THE SYNTHESIS OF SOME TRANSITION-METAL COMPLEXES

Efficient, new and direct synthetic routes for the syntheses of some t ransition metal complexes N,N donors, based on the reactions of metal chloride salts and silver(I) complexes of the corresponding ligands, h ave been described. It has been shown that synthesis of mixed ligand c omplexes of desired composition may easily be made by following these trans metallation reaction routes. Comparison of these routes with the reported synthetic methods have been discussed. Possible applications of these synthetic strategies for the synthesis of polynuclear specie s have been briefly noted.