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Novel bi- and tridentate imidazole chelate ligands consisting of varying do
nor sets were prepared using an efficient one- or two-step procedure. Keto-
and methylene-bridged bisimidazoles 1, 2 served as versatile starting mate
rials for the introduction of additional donor groups, thus allowing the fa
cile variation of donor sets within a bisimidazole ligand framework.