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Unusual Four-Membered Metallocycles in Complexes of Main Group III Metals

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The most important chemical and physical properties of Al, Ga, In, and Tl, as well as the basic aspects of their inorganic chemistry are summarized in this review. Special attention is given to the formation of stable and unusual 4-membered chelate rings in compounds of these metals. The current status of structural coordination and organometallic chemistry of main group III metals in oxidation states +1, +2 and +3, in respect of the formation of those uncommon metallocycles with variety of O, N, S, Se, and Te donor atoms, is reviewed. It turns out that thallium is the least represented metal in the group for this type of binding with conventionally used organic ligands. However, Tl+ readily forms Werner-type complexes with cyanoximes, which are a new subclass of ampolidentate organic ligands with the general formula NC–C(=N–OH)–R (where R is an electron-withdrawing group), capable of binding numerous metal ions. These Tl(I) cyanoximates possess unusual structures with dimeric Tl2O2 core, which can adopt either symmetrical or unsymmetrical planar/non-planar geometry. Structural chemistry, binding modes, thermal and spectroscopic properties of these ‘TlL’ composition complexes are discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author deeply values the work and dedication of his graduate and undergraduate students and postdocs who contributed to this marvelous project of the investigation of four-membered thallium(I) metallocycles: Daniel Robertson, Leon Goeden, Scott Curtis, Drs. Olesya Ilkun, Daniela Marcano, Carl Cheadle, Konstantin Domasevich, Vira Grtitsenko and Attila Pallagi.

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NG thanks Missouri State Graduate College for continuous support of his research, as well as the Cottrell Corporation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for funding part of the project.

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Gerasimchuk, N. Unusual Four-Membered Metallocycles in Complexes of Main Group III Metals. Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 65, 1445–1480 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036023620100071

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