Kläui tripod ligand

Example of a Kläui tripod ligand, here as a complex with a metal ion (M e.g. Al, Ga, In, Tl).

Kläui tripod ligands (tripodal: tripod ) are tridentate ligands of the Na [η ⁵ -C ₅ H ₅ Co {P (O) (OR) ₂ } ₃ ] type developed by Wolfgang Kläui , where R can be varied within wide limits .

description

The tridentate ligands are tripodal, facial coordinating, monoanionic 6-e ^- donor ligands. A wide range of steric and electronic properties can be set by varying the residues.

The ligands are used in many ways, for example in catalysis , complexes with Kläui tripod ligands are used as model substances for the study of zinc enzymes .

Web links

• Wolfgang Kläui : A simple synthesis of an organometallic tripod ligand and its reactivity towards the cations of the III. Main group (PDF file; 449 kB)
• Bioinorganic Chemistry ( Memento of February 23, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), in "News from Chemistry, 49, March 2001"