Helical co-ordination: five-co-ordinate zinc and cadmium complexes formed by metal-ion-induced ligand reactions
Abstract
Metal-ion-induced rearrangement of 2,6-bis-(2-methyl-2-benzothiazolinyl)pyridine yields five-co-ordinate zinc and cadmium complexes of the corresponding Schiff base; the X-ray structure of the zinc complex shows that the co-ordinated ligand has a novel helical configuration.