title: Construction of a novel Zn-Ni trinuclear Schiff base and a Ni2+ chemosensor.
abstract: A novel Zn-Ni heterotrinuclear Schiff base compound bearing acacen(2-) moieties was constructed through the selective assembly of a chemosensor Schiff base zinc compound with a Ni(2+) ion. Its crystal structure not only clearly explains the binding mode between the chemosensor molecule and the detected metal ion but also represents the first trinuclear complex based on a symmetric acacen(2-) base Schiff base.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Environment, Key Lab of Technology on Electrochemical Energy Storage and Power Generation in Guangdong Universities, Engineering Research Center of Materials and Technology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Ministry of Education), South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guo-Bi
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hua-Cai
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Yue-Peng
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Zheng-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Praveen K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Thallapally
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian