Harry Adams, Neil A. Bailey, David E. Fenton and Qing-Yu He
Mononuclear zinc(II), homodinuclear zinc(II) and heterodinuclear zinc(II)–copper(II) complexes derived from tris[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine (L) have been prepared and characterised. The crystal structures of two mononuclear complexes, [ZnL(Cl)][BPh4]·MeCN and [ZnL(O2CPh)][BPh4] show that the co-ordination geometries around the zinc are close to trigonal bipyramidal and that of the heterodinuclear complex [ZnCuL2(p-O2NC6H4 OPO3][BPh4]2·H2O shows that the metal atoms are separated by 5.86 Å and bridged by a phosphate monoester.