A phosphorus-supported multisite coordination ligand containing three imidazolyl arms and its metalation behaviour. An unprecedented co-existence of mononuclear and macrocyclic dinuclear Zn(ii) complexes in the same unit cell of a crystalline lattice†
Abstract
The reaction of (S)P[N(Me)NH2]3 with three equivalents of 4(5)-imidazolecarboxaldehyde afforded, in situ, (S)P[N(Me)NCHIm]3 (Im =