{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"acknowledgement":"The authors thank the Walters-Kundert Studentship of Selwyn College (scholarship for J.E.W.), the Leverhulme Trust (R.G.-R. and D.S.W., grant RPG-2017-146), the Australian Research Council (A.L.C., DE200100450), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCI) and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU) (R.G.-R., PID2021-124691NB-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, UE and PGC2018-096880-A-I00, MCIU/AEI/FEDER), The University of Valladolid and Santander Bank (Fellowship for A.G.-R.), and the U.K. EPSRC and The Royal Dutch Shell plc. (I-Case award for R.B.J., EP/R511870/1) for financial support. Calculations were carried out on an in-house Odyssey HPC cluster (Cambridge), and the authors are grateful for the calculation time used.","intvolume":"        62","article_processing_charge":"No","month":"03","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1520-510X"],"issn":["0020-1669"]},"article_type":"original","type":"journal_article","citation":{"ama":"García-Romero Á, Waters JE, Jethwa RB, et al. Highly adaptive nature of group 15 tris(quinolyl) ligands─studies with coinage metals. <i>Inorganic Chemistry</i>. 2023;62(11):4625-4636. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057\">10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057</a>","short":"Á. García-Romero, J.E. Waters, R.B. Jethwa, A.D. Bond, A.L. Colebatch, R. García-Rodríguez, D.S. Wright, Inorganic Chemistry 62 (2023) 4625–4636.","ista":"García-Romero Á, Waters JE, Jethwa RB, Bond AD, Colebatch AL, García-Rodríguez R, Wright DS. 2023. Highly adaptive nature of group 15 tris(quinolyl) ligands─studies with coinage metals. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(11), 4625–4636.","mla":"García-Romero, Álvaro, et al. “Highly Adaptive Nature of Group 15 Tris(Quinolyl) Ligands─studies with Coinage Metals.” <i>Inorganic Chemistry</i>, vol. 62, no. 11, American Chemical Society, 2023, pp. 4625–36, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057\">10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057</a>.","ieee":"Á. García-Romero <i>et al.</i>, “Highly adaptive nature of group 15 tris(quinolyl) ligands─studies with coinage metals,” <i>Inorganic Chemistry</i>, vol. 62, no. 11. American Chemical Society, pp. 4625–4636, 2023.","chicago":"García-Romero, Álvaro, Jessica E. Waters, Rajesh B Jethwa, Andrew D. Bond, Annie L. Colebatch, Raúl García-Rodríguez, and Dominic S. Wright. “Highly Adaptive Nature of Group 15 Tris(Quinolyl) Ligands─studies with Coinage Metals.” <i>Inorganic Chemistry</i>. American Chemical Society, 2023. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057</a>.","apa":"García-Romero, Á., Waters, J. E., Jethwa, R. B., Bond, A. D., Colebatch, A. L., García-Rodríguez, R., &#38; Wright, D. S. (2023). Highly adaptive nature of group 15 tris(quinolyl) ligands─studies with coinage metals. <i>Inorganic Chemistry</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057</a>"},"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"The substitution of heavier, more metallic atoms into classical organic ligand frameworks provides an important strategy for tuning ligand properties, such as ligand bite and donor character, and is the basis for the emerging area of main-group supramolecular chemistry. In this paper, we explore two new ligands [E(2-Me-8-qy)3] [E = Sb (1), Bi (2); qy = quinolyl], allowing a fundamental comparison of their coordination behavior with classical tris(2-pyridyl) ligands of the type [E′(2-py)3] (E = a range of bridgehead atoms and groups, py = pyridyl). A range of new coordination modes to Cu+, Ag+, and Au+ is seen for 1 and 2, in the absence of steric constraints at the bridgehead and with their more remote N-donor atoms. A particular feature is the adaptive nature of these new ligands, with the ability to adjust coordination mode in response to the hard–soft character of coordinated metal ions, influenced also by the character of the bridgehead atom (Sb or Bi). These features can be seen in a comparison between [Cu2{Sb(2-Me-8-qy)3}2](PF6)2 (1·CuPF6) and [Cu{Bi(2-Me-8-qy)3}](PF6) (2·CuPF6), the first containing a dimeric cation in which 1 adopts an unprecedented intramolecular N,N,Sb-coordination mode while in the second, 2 adopts an unusual N,N,(π-)C coordination mode. In contrast, the previously reported analogous ligands [E(6-Me-2-py)3] (E = Sb, Bi; 2-py = 2-pyridyl) show a tris-chelating mode in their complexes with CuPF6, which is typical for the extensive tris(2-pyridyl) family with a range of metals. The greater polarity of the Bi–C bond in 2 results in ligand transfer reactions with Au(I). Although this reactivity is not in itself unusual, the characterization of several products by single-crystal X-ray diffraction provides snapshots of the ligand transfer reaction involved, with one of the products (the bimetallic complex [(BiCl){ClAu2(2-Me-8-qy)3}] (8)) containing a Au2Bi core in which the shortest Au → Bi donor–acceptor bond to date is observed."}],"date_created":"2023-03-19T23:00:59Z","year":"2023","publication":"Inorganic Chemistry","pmid":1,"date_updated":"2023-08-01T13:42:59Z","issue":"11","isi":1,"title":"Highly adaptive nature of group 15 tris(quinolyl) ligands─studies with coinage metals","user_id":"4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8","publication_status":"published","external_id":{"pmid":["36883367"],"isi":["000956110300001"]},"publisher":"American Chemical Society","page":"4625-4636","volume":62,"_id":"12737","quality_controlled":"1","department":[{"_id":"StFr"}],"doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00057","oa_version":"None","author":[{"first_name":"Álvaro","full_name":"García-Romero, Álvaro","last_name":"García-Romero"},{"first_name":"Jessica E.","last_name":"Waters","full_name":"Waters, Jessica E."},{"orcid":"0000-0002-0404-4356","first_name":"Rajesh B","id":"4cc538d5-803f-11ed-ab7e-8139573aad8f","last_name":"Jethwa","full_name":"Jethwa, Rajesh B"},{"first_name":"Andrew D.","last_name":"Bond","full_name":"Bond, Andrew D."},{"first_name":"Annie L.","last_name":"Colebatch","full_name":"Colebatch, Annie L."},{"first_name":"Raúl","last_name":"García-Rodríguez","full_name":"García-Rodríguez, Raúl"},{"first_name":"Dominic S.","full_name":"Wright, Dominic S.","last_name":"Wright"}],"status":"public","day":"08","date_published":"2023-03-08T00:00:00Z","scopus_import":"1"}