Review: Inverse coordination. Inorganic open and cyclic nitrogen heteroatom molecules as coordination centers. A survey of molecular topologies

Abstract

This review is a follow up to a previous article [I. Haiduc J. Coord. Chem. (2018) doi:10.1080/00958972.2018.1515429.] which illustrated the concept of inverse coordination with structures in which the coordination center is nitrogen alone (mono- and poly-nitrogen moieties). Here the open and cyclic heteroatom molecules with inorganic skeletons and nitrogen donor sites are presented. Organic nitrogen heterocycles will be treated in a further review.

Keywords:

• Inverse coordination
• metal complexes
• molecular topology
• nitrogen heteroatom
• inorganic rings
• boron
• silicon
• phosphorus
• sulfur
• selenium
• tellurium

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