Zinc-centred salen complexes: versatile and accessible supramolecular building motifs.
Zinc(II) complexes of salen ligands, and particularly those of the salphen family of ligands, are extremely versatile synthons. This Frontier reviews the recent applications of these molecular building blocks in supramolecular chemistry, and their potential in various fields of material science.
Kleij
Arjan W
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Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain. akleij@iciq.es