Transition metal ether complex

Being lipophilic, metal-ether complexes often exhibit solubility in organic solvents, a property of interest in synthetic chemistry.

[4] Being weakly basic, ether ligands tend to be easily displaceable.

Cyclic ethers such as thf can ring-open or even deoxygenated when bound to highly electrophilic metal halides.

Examples often feature weakly coordinating anions such as BArF4− and Al(ORF)4−.

[12] These compounds are often reagents because they are soluble in organic solvents as well as being anhydrous.

Structure of the ether complex HfCl 4 (thf) 2 . [ 1 ]
In almost all of its complexes, dioxane is a bridging, not chelating, ligand. Structure of the coordination polymer of cobalt(II) chloride and 1,4-dioxane . [ 3 ]
Structure of NiI 2 (dme) 2 as determined by X-ray crystallography . The sum of the angles at O is 352°, indicating a nearly planar ether oxygen. Color code: O = red, I = purple, Ni = blue, C = black. [ 10 ]
Structure of FeCl 3 (diethylether) 2 . [ 11 ] Color code: Cl=green, Fe = blue, O = red.