Arylacylhydrazones of 2, 3-dihydroxybenzaldehyde are appropriate ligands for the preparation of heterodinuclear triple-stranded helicates involving high coordinated lanthanide (III) ions. In the present study, three different kinds of substituents are introduced at the ligands in order to modify the organic periphery of the coordination compounds:(1) alkoxy groups are attached to the terminal phenyl groups,(2) NH protons of the ...