Quantification of the Steric Properties of 1,8-Naphthyridine-Based Ligands in Dinuclear Complexes

Steric properties of ligands are an important parameter
for tuning
the reactivity of the corresponding complexes. For various ligands
used in mononuclear complexes, methods have been developed to quantify
their steric bulk. In this work, we present an expansion of the buried
volume and the G-parameter to quantify the steric properties of 1,8-napthyridine-based
dinuclear complexes. Using this methodology, we explored the tunability
of the steric properties associated with these ligands and complexes.