title: Metal catalyzed rearrangement of a 2,2'-bipyridine Schiff-base ligand to a quaterpyridine-type complex.
abstract: A Co(II) quaterpyridine-type complex has been prepared via a one-pot transformation of a 2,2'-bipyridine Schiff-base ligand in the presence of a Lewis acidic metal salt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onions
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pilkington
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stoeckli-Evans
authors.forename: Joan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Halfpenny
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wallis
mesh_terms: D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D003035:Cobalt; D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl