Rational design of metal coordination compounds with azomethine ligands

This review surveys the state of art in the coordination chemistry of chelating azomethine systems, viz., amino(hydroxy)-azomethines, β-aminovinyl ketones, β-aminovinylimines and their sulfur- and selenium-containing analogues. Variations in the fine structure of azomethine ligands allow one to perform the targeted synthesis of chelate and molecular, mono-, bi- and polynuclear, homo- and heterometallic structures. The bibliography includes 425 references.