Benzylic Imine Catenates: Readily Accessible Octahedral Analogues of the Sauvage Catenates.

Abstract

The shape of rings to come: The first members of a new family of simple-to-prepare octahedral analogues of the tetrahedral Sauvage catenates are described. M=Mn²⁺ , Fe²⁺ , Co²⁺ , Ni²⁺ , Cu²⁺ , Zn²⁺ , Cd²⁺ , Hg²⁺ .