Tripodal ligand 1,3,5-tris(1-methylimidazol-2-ylmethyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene (3) forms a parachute-like non-covalent complex with zinc tetrachloride, 5·[Zn2Cl6]0.5, where the imidazoles of the ligand are protonated and bind to the metal ion through NH···Cl hydrogen bonds.
Novel tripodal chelating ligand for appending and encapsulating metal ions. Crystal structure of a parachute-like hydrogen bonded complex
W. Sun, J. Xie, T. Okamura, C. Huang and N. Ueyama, Chem. Commun., 2000, 1429 DOI: 10.1039/B003694N
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