Tridentate Aryloxide Ligands: New Supporting Ligands in Coordination Chemistry of Early Transition Metals

The use of covalently linked multidentate ligands is a very useful concept in coordination and organometallic chemistry. This article gives an account of the syntheses and structures of metal complexes supported by linear-linked aryloxide trimer ligands, in which aryloxide units are connected at ortho positions through methylene linkers.