Rational design of metal coordination compounds with azomethine ligands

Abstract

This review surveys the state of art in the coordination chemistry of chelating azomethine systems,viz., amino(hydroxy)-azomethines,β-aminovinyl ketones,β-aminovinylimines and their sulfur- and selenium-containing analogues. Variations in the fine structure of azomethine ligands allow one to perform the targeted synthesis of chelate and molecular, mono-, bi- and polynuclear, homo- and heterometallic structures. The bibliography includes 425 references.