A. Hazell et al., Synthesis, structural characterisation and electronic behaviour of iron(II) and nickel(II) complexes of N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)aniline, POLYHEDRON, 19(11), 2000, pp. 1333-1338
Ni(II) and Fe(II) complexes of the new ligand N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)anili
ne (phdpa) of the general formula [M(phdpa)(2)](ClO4)(2) have been prepared
and characterised. [Ni(phdpa)(2)](ClO4)(2). 0.5H(2)O was characterised by
X-ray crystallography. For comparison, the X-ray structure of [Ni(medpa)(2)
](ClO4)(2) (where medpa is bis(2-pyridylmethyl)methylamine) has been determ
ined. The ligand in both [Ni(phdpa)(2)](ClO4)(2) and [Ni(medpa)2](ClO4)(2)
exhibit cis-facial geometry. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights rese
rved.