Polyazamacrocycles as Complexing Agents for Transition Metals

A great deal of information exists on the syntheses of macrocyclic polynitrogen compounds and it would be redundant to present it here. Outside of the rather specific examples chosen for inclusion here, the reader is directed to the book edited by Melson and to any of the other numerous reviews cited at the end of this chapter .  

Borgen, G. and Daasvatn, K. Acta Chem. Scand. (1974) B28, 378 

Fornasier, R., Montanari, F., Podda, G. and Tundo, P. Tetrahedron Letters (1976) 1381 

Melson, G. A. in Melson, G. A. (ed.). Coordination Chemistry of Macrocyclic Compounds. 

Pedersen, C. J. in Izatt, R. M. and Christensen, J. J. (eds) Synthetic Multidentate Macrocyclic Compounds. Academic Press, New York (1978) 1 

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