Abstract New tripod ligands containing pyridin-2-yl (py), N-methylimidazol-2-yl (mim), and pyrazol-1-yl (pz) groups have been made by addition of 2-bromopyridine to deprotonated (py)(mim) CH 2 or (mim) 2 CH 2 to form (py) 2 (mim) CH and (py)(mim) 2 CH, or by simple condensation reactions of (pz) 2 CO with (mim) CHO or (py) CHO to form (pz) 2 (mim) CH and (pz) 2 (py) CH. The ligands may have general application in coordination and ...
[Carrion, M. Carmen; Jalon, Felix A.; Manzano, Blanca R.; Rodriguez, Ana M.; Sepulveda, Francisco; Maestro, Miguel European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2007 , # 25 p. 3961 - 3973]