Abbreviations

acetate

acetylacetonate

N,N′-ethylenebis(acetylacetone iminate)

adamantyl

azoisobutyronitrile

2-amino-6-methylpyridine

aryl

2,4,6-tri(tert-butyl)phenyl

3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl

1-(diphenylphosphino)-2-(diphenylarsino)ethane

adenosine triphosphate

azobenzene

9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane

2,6-dibutyl-4-methylphenyl

biimidazole

2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl

2,2′-bipyridyl

bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl

2,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)maleic anhydride

boron neutron capture therapy

biphenyl

4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)cyclopent-4-ene-1,3-dione

benzophenone ketyl (diphenylketyl)

tetra(1-pyrazolyl)borate

4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine

tert-butylpyridine

benzyl

benzoylacetonate

cyclobutadiene

cyclododeca-1,5,9-triene

cyclohexadiene

cycloheptatriene

chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarisation

cobalamin

cobaloxime [Co(dmg)₂ derivative]

cycloocta-1,5-diene

cyclooctene

cyclooctatriene

cross polarisation/magnetic angle spinning

η⁵-cyclopentadienyl

η⁵-alkylcyclopentadienyl

η⁵-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl

trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl

tetramethylethylcyclopentadienyl

cyclic voltammetry(ogram)

chemical vapour deposition

cyclohexyl

1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane

p-cymene

PhP(CH₂CH₂CH₂PCy₂)₂

1,4-diazabutadiene

1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane

dibenzylideneacetone

1,2-bis(dibutylphosphino)ethane

1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene

9,10-dicyanoanthracene

1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)ethane

1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)methane

density functional theory

o-phenylenebis(dimethyl)arsine

{[(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4,5-diyl)bis(methylene)]-bis-[diphenylarsine]}

diethylenetriamine

{[(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4,5-diyl)bis(methylene)]-bis-1-[diphenylphosphine]}

1,2-bis(phenyl-o-anisoylphosphino)ethane

1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane

2,6-diisopropylphenyl

di-(2-pyridyl)amine

dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate

2-dimethylaminopyridine

dimethylbipyridine

1,2-dimethoxyethane

N,N-dimethylformamide

dimethylglyoximate

monoanion of dimethylglyoxime

dimethylglyoxime

dimethylpiperazine

1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane

bis(dimethylphosphino)methane

1,3-dimethylpyrazolyl

dimethyl sulfoxide

1,2-bis(diphenylarsino)ethane

bis(diphenylarsino)methane

1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethyne

1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane

1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene

1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane

1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene

bis(diphenylphosphino)methane

1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane

diamond–square–diamond

ethane-1,2-dithiolate

ethylenediaminetetraacetate

enantiomeric excess

electron energy loss spectroscopy

extended Hückel molecular orbital

electron localisation function

ethylene-1,2-diamine

MS electrospray mass spectrometry

extended X-ray absorption fine structure

hexafluoroacetylacetonate

ferrocenyl

Fe(CO)₂Cp*

Fe(CO)₂Cp

Fe(CO)₂η⁵-(C₅H₄Me)

Fourier transform infrared

flash vacuum pyrolysis

ethyleneglycol dimethyl ether

generalised valence bond

tetraaza-1,4,7,10-cyclododecane

N-hydroxyethylethylenediaminetetraacetate

hexafluoroacetone

hexafluoroacetylacetonato

hexafluorobutyne

hexamethyl phosphoric triamide

high nuclearity carbonyl cluster

highest occupied molecular orbital

individual gauge for localised orbitals

imidazole

2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl

inner shell electron energy loss spectroscopy

potassium hydrotris(1-pyrazolyl)borate

lithium diisopropylamide

lithium di-tert-butylbiphenyl

ligand to metal charge transfer

low nuclearity carbonyl cluster

methyl alumoxane

4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bypyridyl

5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetra-deca-4,11-diene

5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetra-decane

4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline

3,4,7,8,-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline

mesityl

2,4,6-tributylphenyl

methyltetrahydrofuran

metachloroperbenzoic acid

metal-to-ligand charge transfer

methylrhenium trioxide

1-naphthyl

norbornene

norbornadiene

N-bromosuccinimide

N-chlorosuccinimide

neutron capture theory

neopentyl

1-naphthyl

N(CH₂CH₂PPh₂)₃

nitrilotriacetate

octaethylporphyrin

trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate)

p-toluenesulfonate (tosylate)

phthalocyanin

photoelectron spectroscopy

pentamethylenediethylenetetramine

pentane-2,4-dionate

1,10-phenanthroline

pyridine-2-carboxylic acid

(+)-pinanyl

pentamethyldiethylenetriamine

P(CH₂CH₂PPh₂)₃

[(Ph₃P)₂N]⁺

pyridine

pyridazine

pyrazolyl

(R)-(+)-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane

(2R,4R)-bis(diphenylphosphino)pentane

radial distribution function

ring opening metathesis polymerisation

salicylaldehyde

N,N′-bis(salicylaldehydo)ethylenediamine

N,N-bisalicylidene-o-phenylenediamine

self consistent field

tetracyanoethylene

7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane

2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridyl

1,1,4,7,10,10-hexaphenyl-1,4,7,10-tetraphosphadecane

trifluoroacetic acid

tetrafluorobenzobarrelene

trifluoroacetylacetonato

tetrahydrofuran

thiosalicylate (2-thiobenzoate)

tetrahydrothiophene

NNN′N″-tetramethyl-2-butene-1,4-diamine

(tmena) tetramethylethylenediamine

2,2,6-6-tetramethylpiperidino

tetramethylsilane

tolyl

hydrotris(1-pyrazolyl)borate

hydrotris(2,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate

meso-tetraphenylporphyrin

2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl

2,4,6-(triphenyl)phenyl

1,1,1-tris(diphenylphosphinomethyl)ethane

time resolved infrared (spectroscopy)

tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl (Me₃Si)₃C

tetrathiafulvalene

vinyl

water gas shift reaction

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

xylyl