Three new lanthanide 1-D coordination polymers ({[Ln(2)(H(2)L)(OAc)(6)]·EtOH·2H(2)O}(n) (Ln = Eu (1), Er (2)) and {YbNiLCl(OAc)(2)(H(2)O)}(n) (3)) and a heterobinuclear complex [YbNiLCl(3)(H(2)O)(3)] (4) are reported which are formed from salen type Schiff-base ligands H(2)L (H(2)L = N,N'-bis(3-methoxysalicylidene)butane-1,4-diamine). The polymeric structures are formed by bridging H(2)L units ...

Ortho-vanillin became very popular in coordination chemistry because of its Schiff bases, which generate a rich variety of complexes, ranging from oligonuclear species to coordination polymers. Some of these organic molecules are particularly useful in metallosupramolecular chemistry for assembling homo- and heterometallic helicates. The Schiff bases obtained using aminoalcohols open the door t...

A series of heterobinuclear, thiocyanato-bridged complexes of cations [M(NH2X)6 ] 2+, and [M(en)3 ] 2+ (where X = H, Ph; M=Cu, Co, Cd, Zn) with anion [Ni(NCS)4 ] 2 –have been prepared by 1:1 molar ratio. The complexes have been characterized by FT-IR, 13C NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy, metal analysis, magnetic and conductance studies. The complexes have the following composition: [M(NH2 X)5 ][Ni(...

A new metal-free macrocyclic Schiff base ligand bearing two metal cavities incorporated with sets of N3O2 donor atoms derived from 2, 6-diaminopyridine and isatine was synthesized. The used to prepare homo hetero binuclear complexes Ni (II), Cu ZrO (II) Ba ions. were characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), UV–vis, mass spectroscopy, elemental analysis (CHN), thermo gravimetric (...

Bacterial phosphotriesterases are binuclear metalloproteins for which the catalytic mechanism has been studied with a variety of techniques, principally using active sites reconstituted in vitro from apoenzymes. Here, atomic absorption spectroscopy and anomalous X-ray scattering have been used to determine the identity of the metals incorporated into the active site in vivo. We have recombinant...