4-Pyridyl-substituted azacycloalkanes with multiple donor sites prepared via a solvent-free, one-pot method for use in electrocatalysts†
B. K. Breedlove,R. Kandel,H. Md. Ahsan
Dalton Transactions Pub Date : 03/17/2014 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C4DT00240G
Abstract
We report the first, solvent-free synthesis of 4-pyridyl tacn, cyclen, and cyclam derivatives as new design elements to prepare electrocatalysts, for example, by the differential metal complexation of 4-pyncyclen (n = 2, 4).