Three new thiodiacetato-Cu(II) chelates have been synthesized and studied by X-ray crystallography and by thermal, spectral and magnetic methods. [Cu(tda)]n (1) is a 3D-polymer with a pentadentate tda, which acts with a fac-O2 + S(apical)-tridentate chelating conformation and as a twofold anti, syn-l–g:g carboxylate bridge. In its square pyramidal Cu(II) coordination (type 4 + 1) four O(carboxy...

In the title salt, [Ni(C12H14N6O)2](CF3SO3)2·2CH3OH, the Ni(II) ion is coordinated by six N atoms from two tridentate 1-meth-oxy-2,2,2-tris-(pyrazol-1-yl)ethane ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The Ni(II) ion is situated on an inversion centre. The Ni-N distances range from 2.0589 (19) to 2.0757 (19) Å, intra-ligand N-Ni-N angles range from 84.50 (8) to 85.15 (8)°, and adjacent inte...

In the title complex, [Cu(C(10)H(11)N(2)O(3))(NO(3))]·H(2)O, prepared from the Schiff base N'-(3-meth-oxy-2-oxidobenzyl-idene)-acetohydrazide, the Cu(II) atom is coordinated by two O atoms and one N atom from the ligand and one O atom from a nitrate group in a distorted square-planar geometry. The Cu(II) atom has a weak inter-action with another O atom of the nitrate group. The two O atoms of t...

In the title compound, [ZnCl(2)(C(13)H(19)N(3)O)], the Schiff base ligand acts as an N,N',N''-tridentate chelating agent, making two five-membered rings with the Zn(II) ion. The metal atom is five-coordinated by the Schiff base ligand and two Cl atoms in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. An intra-molecular C-H⋯Cl inter-action occurs. In the crystal, adjacent mol-ecules are linked together ...

In the title compound, [Ru(C(28)H(22)N(2)P)Cl(CO)(2)]·CH(2)Cl(2), the Ru(II) atom exhibits a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry. The N-phenyl group of the ligand has undergone orthometalation; as a result, the tridentate phosphane-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligand is coordinating in a meridional fashion. This complex is of inter-est with respect to transfer hydrogenation cat...

In the title compound, [ZnI(2)(C(24)H(16)N(6))], the Zn(II) ion is five-coordinated in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry by an N,N,N-tridentate 2,3,5,6-tetra-2-pyridinylpyrazine ligand and two iodide ions. The I(-) ions both occupy equatorial sites. Within the ligand, the dihedral angles between the central pyrazine ring and the two chelating pyridine (py) rings are 14.74 (17) and 26.72...

63Cu NMR spectroscopic studies of copper(I) complexes with various N-donor tridentate ligands are reported. As has been previously reported for most copper(I) complexes, 63Cu NMR signals, when acetonitrile is coordinated to copper(I) complexes of these tridentate ligands, are broad or undetectable. However, when CO is bound to tridentate copper(I) complexes, the 63Cu NMR signals become much sha...

A zinc(II) complex having planar tridentate ligand, bzimpy, where bzimpy is 2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl) pyridine was synthesized and characterized by UV, NMR, infrared spectroscopy and fluorescence spectra. The zinc complex acts as dibasic acids, in which N-H protons on benzimidazole moieties are responsible for a deprotonation site. Both the absorption spectra and reduction potentials are stron...

In the title complex, [Cu(C(12)H(13)NO(5))(C(12)H(8)N(2))]·0.5H(2)O, the Cu(II) ion is five-coordinated by one N atom and two O atoms from a tridentate Schiff base ligand, derived from the condensation of l-threonine and o-vanillin, and two N atoms from a 1,10-phenanthroline ligand in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. In the crystal, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form a one-dimensio...