Low-melting complexes with cationic side chains - Phosphonium-, ammonium- and imidazolium-tagged coordination compounds

Citing 120 references, this article gives an overview of low-melting cationically tagged coordination compounds of transition metal ions. In three sections, focussing on Werner-type complexes, carbonyls and ferrocenes, ammonium-, phosphonium- and imidazolium-tagged complexes that have T-fus <200 degrees C are summarised. Many of these compounds are identified as Ionic Liquids. Influences of the ligand, the metal ion and the anionic counterion on the melting point of the complexes are discussed. Together about 220 coordination compounds of about 100 ligands are described and shown in 11 figures. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.