In the presence of zinc( ii ), propionitrile and benzonitrile react with amines to form amidines. Complexes intact can also form.

The complexation of a tweezers ligand with zinc perchlorate in the absence and presence of amines in methanol solution was explored. L(2)Zn(2)(ClO(4))(4) was a thermodynamic product of the reaction in the absence of an amine. The complex was shown to interact with aliphatic amines resulting in the formation of a Zn-N(amine) bond. If metal-ligand complexation was carried out in the presence of a...

The preparation of a series of amidinato and guanidinato zinc halide complexes incorporating ligands of varying steric bulk is described, and their thermal stabilities compared. Salt elimination reactions between [M(Giso)] (M = K or Li; Giso = [(ArN)(2)CNCy(2)](-), Ar = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl, Cy = cyclohexyl) and ZnX(2) (X = I or Br) have yielded the monomeric complexes [(Giso)ZnI] and [(Giso)Z...

Two new zinc complexes, Zn(HL1)2 (1) and [Zn2(H2L2)(OAc)2]2 (2) [H2L1 = Schiff base derived from o-vanillin and (R)-(+)-2-amino-3-phenyl-1-propanol, H3L2 = Schiff base derived from o-vanillin and 2-amino-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol], have been synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analyses, TG analyses, solid fluorescence, IR, UV-Vis and circular dichroism spe...

A series of zinc silylamido complexes bearing claw-type multidentate aminophenolate ligands, [LZnN(SiMe(3))(2)] (L = -OAr(1)-CH(2)N[(CH(2))(n)NR(2)]CH(2)Ar(2), n = 2 or 3; R = Me or Et (1a-3a, 5a, 7a and 8a); L = -OC(6)H(2)-4,6-(t)Bu(2)-2-CH(2)N[(CH(2))(2)OMe](2) (9a)), have been synthesized via the reaction of Zn[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2) and 1 equiv. of corresponding aminophenol. The reaction of Zn[N...

The coordination chemistry of a series of pro-ligands ([L¹]-[L⁶]) with cobalt and zinc derivatives has been studied. All complexes have been characterized by multinuclear NMR, elemental analysis, and by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Polymerization of rac-lactide takes place at 130 °C in the presence of cobalt and zinc complexes to yield polymers under solvent free conditions with co...

The aggregation of Aβ-peptide (Aβ) is widely considered to be the critical step in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. Small, soluble Aβ oligomers have been shown to be more neurotoxic than large, insoluble aggregates and fibrils. Recent studies suggest that biometal ions, including Zn(II), may play an important role in the aggregation process. Experimentally determining the details of the bi...

In the title complex, [ZnCl2(C13H17N3)], the coordination sphere of the zinc cation is distorted square pyramidal. The three N atoms of the N,N',N''-tridentate 8-[2-(di-methyl-amino)-ethyl-amino]-quinoline ligand and one chloride ion constitute a considerably distorted square base. The apical site is occupied by another chloride ion. The distortion from the ideal square-pyramidal geometry is ma...