addition of potassium cyanide to a mixture of schiff base and lithium perchlorate afforded a-aminonitriles in high yields. addition of potassium cyanide to a methanolic solution of schiff base and phosphoric acid afforded a-aminonitriles. when the reaction mixture was refluxed it gave a-amino acids in high yields.

In the title complex, [ZnI(2)(C(14)H(21)BrN(2)O)]·CH(3)OH, the asymmetric unit consists of a mononuclear zinc(II) complex mol-ecule and a methanol solvent mol-ecule. The compound was derived from the zwitterionic form of the Schiff base 4-bromo-2-[3-(diethyl-amino)propyl-imino-meth-yl]phenol. The Zn(II) atom is four-coordinated by the imine N and phenolate O atoms of the Schiff base ligand and ...

Protein-to-protein electron transfer (ET) is a critical process in biological chemistry for which fundamental understanding is expected to provide a wealth of applications in biotechnology. Investigations of protein-protein ET systems in reductive activation of artificial cofactors introduced into proteins remains particularly challenging because of the complexity of interactions between the co...

In the title complex, [CuSm(C(19)H(20)N(2)O(4))(NO(3))(3)]·CH(3)CO-CH(3), the Cu(II) atom is four-coordinated in a square-planar geometry by two O atoms and two N atoms of the deprotonated Schiff base. The Sm(III) atom is ten-coordinate, chelated by three nitrate groups and linked to the four O atoms of the deprotonated Schiff base.

The Co(II) atom in the title monomeric Schiff base complex, [CoCl(2)(C(21)H(22)N(2))], is bonded to two Cl atoms and to two N atoms of the Schiff base ligand N,N'-bis-[(E)-3-phenyl-prop-2-en-1-yl-idene]propane-1,3-diamine in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The mol-ecule has an idealised mirror symmetry, but is not located on a crystallographic mirror plane.

In the title mononuclear Schiff base complex, [Dy(NO(3))(3)(C(18)H(20)N(2)O(4))], the Dy(III) ion is ten-coordinated in a distorted hexa-deca-hedral geometry by six O atoms of three nitrate anions and four O atoms of the Schiff base ligand. An intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond occurs. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

In the title compound, [Na(4)(C(15)H(9)N(4)O(4))(4)(CH(3)OH)(4)], the N(3)O(3) environment around the Na(+) ion is distorted octa-hedral. In the unit cell, four Na(+) ions are bridged by four Schiff base anions, leading to a tetra-nuclear complex with -4 symmetry. O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds between the methanol mol-ecule and the Schiff base anion stabilize the structural set-up.

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Cu(C(11)H(16)N(3)O)]ClO(4), consists of two Cu(II) ions coordinated by Schiff base ligands and two perchlorate anions. The Schiff base mol-ecules are linked to the Cu(II) atoms via three N atoms and one O atom, resulting in a square-planar geometry. Inter-molecular hydrogen bonds involving the NH groups as donors and O atoms of the perchlorate anions a...

The title complex, [ZnBr(2)(C(11)H(17)N(3))], is a mononuclear zinc(II) compound derived from the Schiff base N-propyl-N'-(1-pyridin-2-ylmethyl-idene)ethane-1,2-diamine. The Zn(II) atom is five-coordinate, binding to the imine N, pyridine N, and amine N atoms of the Schiff base ligand and to two bromide anions in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry. Adjacent mol-ecules are li...

In the title complex, [CuLu(C(19)H(20)N(2)O(4))(NO(3))(3)]·CH(3)COCH(3), the Cu(II) ion is four-coordinated in a square-planar geometry by two O atoms and two N atoms from the deprotonated Schiff base. The Lu(III) ion is ten-coordinate, chelated by three nitrate groups and linked to the four O atoms of the deprotonated Schiff base. A mol-ecule of acetone is present as a solvate.