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In the title compound, [Cu(C(11)H(11)NO(3))(C(11)H(16)N(4))]·H(2)O, the Cu(II) atom is five-coordinate in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The basal positions are occupied by three donor atoms from the tridentate Schiff base ligand and by one N atom from a bis-(3,5-dimethyl-prazol-l-yl)methane ligand. The apical position is occupied by the N atom of the other ligand of this type. There ar...

The Schiff base (E)-4-chloro-2-[(pyridin-2-yl-imino)-meth-yl]phenol was reacted with InCl(3)·4H(2)O, generating the title molecular salt, (C(5)H(7)N(2))(3)[InCl(6)]. The octa-hedral hexa-chlorido-indate(III) anion is located on an inversion centre, and one half of the anion and two crystallographically independent cations form the asymmetric unit. One of the cations is located on a twofold rota...

New Schiff bases have been prepared by reacting 3-hydroxy-4-pyridine- carboxaldehyde with various amines. NMR spectroscopic methods provided clear evidence that the Schiff bases exist in the solid state and in solution as hydroxyimino tautomers with the E-configuration. A study of the stabilities of the tautomeric forms and the different conformers has been carried out using density functional ...

In the title compound, [Zn(C(12)H(11)N(2)O)(2)], the Zn(II) atom, lying on an inversion center, is coordinated by two O atoms and two N atoms from two salicylal Schiff base ligands in a distorted square-planar geometry. A three-dimensional network is formed by inter-molecular C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π contacts.

The title Schiff base, C(14)H(14)N(2)O(2), is close to being planar (r.m.s. deviation for the non-hydrogen atoms = 0.052 Å) and an intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring. In the crystal, the moleucles are linked by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, giving rise to helical chains propagating along the c axis of the tetra-gonal unit cell.

The Zn(II) atom in the title compound, [Zn(C(14)H(11)N(3)O(2)S)(C(12)H(8)N(2))]·0.5C(10)H(8)N(2), is N,N'-chelated by the N-heterocycle and N,O,S-chelated by the deprotonated Schiff base in a square-pyramidal environment. The hydr-oxy group of the Schiff base is a hydrogen-bond donor to 4,4'-bipyridine, which is located about a center of inversion, resulting in the formation of a supra-molecula...

We consider the problem of implementing mutually unbiased bases (MUB) for a polarization qubit with only one wave plate, the minimum number of wave plates. We show that one wave plate is sufficient to realize two MUB as long as its phase shift (modulo 360°) ranges between 45° and 315°. It can realize three MUB (a complete set of MUB for a qubit) if the phase shift of the wave plate is within [1...

In the monomeric dinuclear title complex, [CuSm(C(20)H(22)N(2)O(4))(NO(3))(3)], the four-coordinate Cu(II) ion has a square-planar geometry involving two O atoms and two N atoms of the deprotonated Schiff base ligand. The Sm(III) ion is ten-coordinate, chelated by four O donor atoms of the Schiff base and two O atoms each from three bidentate nitrate groups, one of which is disordered over two ...