Abstract
The synthesis of (E)-((6-(((3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzylidene)amino)methyl)-N-oxide-pyridin-2-yl)methyl)diphenylphosphine oxide 1 and its unexpected transformation during efforts to study the coordination chemistry with Pr(NO3)3·6H2O are described.
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Acknowledgments
Financial support for this study at the University of New Mexico was provided by the Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, and U.S. Department of Energy (Grant DE-FG02-03ER15419 (R.T.P). In addition, funds from the National Science Foundation assisted with the purchases of the X-ray diffractometer (CHE-0443580) and NMR spectrometers (CHE-0840523 and -0946690).