A series of nitrile-modified N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes of Ir(III) (2a–e) and Ru(II) (3a–d) have been prepared by transmetallation of [IrCp*Cl2]2 and [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 forming an in situ ...

The molecular geometries of VCl2 and VCl3 have been determined by computations and gas-phase electron diffraction (ED). The ED study is a reinvestigation of the previously published analysis for VCl2.