Cyclometalated osmium compounds and beyond: synthesis, properties, applications

The synthesis of cyclometalated osmium complexes is usually more complicated than of other transition metals such as Ni, Pd, Pt, Rh, where cyclometalation reactions readily occur via direct activation of C–H bonds. It differs also from their ruthenium analogs. Cyclometalation for osmium usually occu...

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Autores: Ronan Le Lagadec, Ricardo Cerón-Camacho
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Repositorio del Instituto de Química, UNAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:rdu.iquimica.unam.mx:20.500.12214/1309
Acceso en línea:http://rdu.iquimica.unam.mx/handle/20.500.12214/1309
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2
Osmium
Cyclometalation
Osmium cyclometalated complex
Osmacycle
Pincer complex
Catalysis
Photophysics
Anticancer activity
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Sumario:The synthesis of cyclometalated osmium complexes is usually more complicated than of other transition metals such as Ni, Pd, Pt, Rh, where cyclometalation reactions readily occur via direct activation of C–H bonds. It differs also from their ruthenium analogs. Cyclometalation for osmium usually occurs under more severe conditions, in polar solvents, using specific precursors, stronger acids, or bases. Such requirements expand reaction mechanisms to electrophilic activation, transmetalation, and oxidative addition, often involving C–H bond activations. Osmacycles exhibit specific applications in homogeneous catalysis, photophysics, bioelectrocatalysis and are studied as anticancer agents. This review describes major synthetic pathways to osmacycles and related compounds and discusses their practical applications.