A Schiff base platform: structures, sensing of Zn(ii) and PPi in aqueous medium and anticancer activity.

A reaction of N1,N3-bis(3-methoxysalicylidene) diethylenetriamine (H2Vd) and Zn(NO3)2·6H2O, ZnBr2, ZnI2 and Cd(NO3)2·4H2O in a methanol solution led to zinc and cadmium complexes of different nuclearities, [Zn2(Vd·H)2(X)2]·CH3OH (X = NO3, Br, I) [1a, 1b and 1c] and Cd3(Vd)2(NO3)2 (2). In 1(a-c), two... View More