A5000837274- X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
- Crystallization and Solubility Studies
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
- Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
- Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- Metal complexes synthesis and properties
- Magnetism in coordination complexes
University of Johannesburg
2009-2011
Stellenbosch University
2009
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2009
The reactions of 2,6-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine (L1) and 2,6-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine (L2) with NiCl2 or NiBr2 gave the nickel(II) complexes [NiCl2(L1)] (1), [NiBr2(L1)] (2), [NiCl2(L2)] (3), [NiBr2(L2)] (4) in high yields. Compounds 2-(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine (L3) 2-(3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine (L4) on other hand either mononuclear dinuclear complexes, depending steric bulk substituents pyrazolyl unit. While L3...