In the title complex, [Ni(C(20)H(10)Br(2)Cl(2)N(2)O(2))], the Ni(II) ion is coordinated by two phen-oxy O atoms and two imino N atoms of the tetradentate ligand, forming a slightly distorted square-planar environment. The mol-ecule is essentially planar, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.088 Å for the mean plane defined by all non-H atoms in the mol-ecule.

A molecular bipaddled flipper based on a tetradentate chiral Cu complex has been designed. The paddling motion of this unprecedented molecular-scale machine can be controlled by reversible oxidation of the metal center. Kinetic and computational (density functional theory) analyses provide a detailed picture of the flipper motion at the molecular scale, rationalize the switching role of the met...

A Ni(ii) complex with two t-butylisocyanide ligands supported by a N3C(-) type tetradentate ligand was synthesized and characterized. Quantitative generation of the aromatic cyanation product, (tBu)N3C-CN, is observed by reacting this Ni(ii) complex with 1 equiv. of an oxidant. Reactivity studies suggest that this oxidatively-induced cyanation involves a heterolytic cleavage of the N-(t)Bu bond...

Macrocyclic complexes of Mn, Co and Cu via Schiff base reactions. These 12membered tetradentate N6-macrocyclic complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, conductance, magnetic susceptibility measurements and the spectral studies like IR spectra, Electronic spectra and NMR spectra.Thus, themacrocyclic ligand coordinates through imine and secondary amine nitrogens of the macrocyclicring....

A series of Ru(II) complexes that behave as water oxidation catalysts were prepared involving a tetradentate equatorial ligand and two 4-substituted pyridines as the axial ligands. Two of these complexes were derived from 2,9-di-(pyrid-2'-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline (dpp) and examine the effect of incorporating electron-donating amino and bulky t-butyl groups on catalytic activity. A third complex ...

Acylhydrazine derived furanyl and thienyl Schiff bases and their Cu(II) complexes have been prepared and characterized on the basis of their physical, spectral and analytical data. The preferred enolic form of the Schiff base function as a tetradentate ligand during coordination to the metal ion yielding a square planar complex. The Schiff bases and their complexes with different anions were te...

nickel (ii) and copper (ii) complexes of highly unsymmetrical tetradentate schiff base have been synthesized by the template reaction of half-units n-(1-hydroxy-2-acetonaphtone)-1-amino-2-phenyleneimine (hl) and n-(2-hydroxyacetophenone)-1-amino-2-phenyleneimine (hl1) with the glyoxalphenylhydrazone. the complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, conductance, ir, 1h nmr and uv spe...