Transition Metal Isocyanide Complexes
Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi is used in nuclear medicine imaging. Transition metal isocyanide complexes are coordination compounds containing isocyanide ligands. Because isocyanides are relatively basic, but also good pi-acceptors, a wide range of complexes are known. Some isocyanide complexes are used in medical imaging. Scope of isocyanide ligands Several thousand isocyanides are known, but the coordination chemistry is dominated by a few ligands. Common isonitrile ligands are methyl isocyanide, tert-butyl isocyanide, phenyl isocyanide, and cyclohexylisocyanide. Isocyanides are electronically similar to CO, but for most R groups, isocyanides are superior Lewis bases and weaker pi-acceptors. Trifluoromethylisocyanide is the exception, its coordination properties are very similarly to those of CO. Because the CNC linkage is linear, the cone angle of these ligands is small, so it is easy to prepare polyisocyanide complexes. Many complexes of isocyanides show high coordinatio ...
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