Osmium: Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry

Abstract

The general features and coordination chemistry of Os are discussed in the context of the use of different ligand types to stabilize complexes of Os VIII through to Os −II . The complexation chemistry with cyanide, N‐, P‐, O‐, S‐, and halide‐donor ligands is detailed. The asymmetric dihydroxylation and aminohydroxylation of alkenes, general coordination chemistry with macrocyclic and open chain ligands, porphyrin complexes, photophysical properties and electrochemistry of Os II complexes of heterocyclic ligands and comparisons to their Ru II analogues, and electron transfer in heterobimetallic and dendrimer complexes of Os II are all highlighted.

Cyclometalated Osmium Compounds and beyond: Synthesis, Properties, Applications

“…Some osmium compounds were also compiled in Gmelin Handbuch der Anorganischen Chemie in the 1980s [ 6 ]. In the 2011 edition of the Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, two articles were devoted to coordination and organometallic chemistry of osmium [ 7 , 8 ]. To our knowledge, the chemistry of cyclometalated osmium species was not specifically reviewed, in contrast with the extended coverage of the chemistry of other metalacycles in the last several decades [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ].…”