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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: RSC Adv. 2014 Apr 16;4(39):20398–20440. doi: 10.1039/C4RA00354C

Scheme 15.

Scheme 15

A model of Zn(II) coordination equilibrium with a tridentate ligand (blue). The octahedral Zn(II) geometry in the 1:1 complex is arbitrary. The facial stereochemistry is observed for most tridentate Zn(II) ligands, except terpy.