In connection with our interest in the use of multidentate ligands for
the preparation of iron complexes as models for the active site of th
e metalloenzyme transferrin, we have prepared the title compound [N-(2
-pyridylmethyl)-2,2'-(iminodimethyl)diphenol, C20H20N2O2], which conta
ins one amine and one pyridine N atom and two phenolate O atoms capabl
e of forming a N2O2 donor set.