A general high-yield route to bis(salicylaldimine) zinc(II) complexes: Application to the synthesis of pyridine-modified salen-type zinc(II) complexes

Authors
Morris, GA Zhou, HY Stern, CL Nguyen, ST
Citation
Ga. Morris et al., A general high-yield route to bis(salicylaldimine) zinc(II) complexes: Application to the synthesis of pyridine-modified salen-type zinc(II) complexes, INORG CHEM, 40(13), 2001, pp. 3222-3227
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00201669 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
13
Year of publication
2001
Pages
3222 - 3227
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1669(20010618)40:13<3222:AGHRTB>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A general, direct, and high-yield synthesis of bis(salicylaldimine) zinc co mplexes from the ligands and Et2Zn is reported. This synthetic method is pa rticularly valuable, not only because it allows the efficient preparation o f salen-type complexes of zinc but also because it can be used to prepare b ifunctional pyridine-modified zinc(LI) bis(salicylidene) complexes, which a re potentially useful compounds for applications in asymmetric-catalysis an d materials chemistry. The synthesis and complete structural characterizati on of a new series of pyridine modified zinc(II) bis(salicylidene)ligands i s discussed.