
%0 Journal Article
%A Harding, MM 
%A Sargeant, B 
%A Bilyk, A 
%A Augoloupis, S 
%T Binuclear Complexes From Tetraimidazole Ligands and Zinc(II) Ions
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1994/06/01
%V 47
%N 6
%P 1133-1142
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9941133
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9941133 
%X The design and synthesis of the new ligand bbn, which contains two bisimidazole coordination sites, separated by a 2,6-disubstituted naphthalene, is reported. In the presence of zinc(II), the ligand forms a 2:2 complex, whose structure has been studied by variable-temperature n.m.r. spectroscopy. In CD3OD and CD3CN, the spectra have been assigned to a mixture of labile [2+2] complexes which interchange through solvent coordination. In the presence of copper(II), a clean 2:2 complex does not form, while silver(I) or cadmium(II) did not interact with bbn. 
