title: An unusual zinc-promoted decomposition of a bis(2-{pyrid-2-yl}ethyl)amine derivative.
abstract: The complex [ZnBr(2)L(1)] (L(1) = ferrocenylmethyl-bis[2-{pyrid-2-yl}ethyl]amine) contains bidentate L(1) by crystallography and NMR spectroscopy and decomposes during recrystallization from CH(2)Cl(2)/pentane via both C-N bond cleavage and formation steps. Other [MBr(2)L(1)] (M = Co, Ni, Cu) compounds do not undergo this reaction and contain L(1) bound in the more usual tridentate coordination mode.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
authors.forename: Q Folshade
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Mokuolu
authors.forename: Colin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kilner
authors.forename: Simon A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: McGowan
authors.forename: Malcolm A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Halcrow