Abstract: | Abstract A new soluble vic-dioxime, l,4-bis(2-methoxyethyl-2, 3-bis(hydroxyimino)-5, 6-diphenylpiper-azine (LH2) has been synthesized as a mixture of isomers from dicyan di-N-oxide and 1, 2-diphe-nyl-l,2-bis(2′-methoxyethylamino)ethane, 1, which has been prepared through the reduction of the condensation product of benzaldehyde and 2-methoxyethylamine with the aluminium amalgam. LH2 gives N,N-coordinated planar metal complexes with CoII, NiII, CuII and PdII Oxidation of (LH)2Co in the presence of a base such as py or triphenylphoshine leads to octahedral complexes (LH)2Co(B)Cl. The uranyl complex of LH2 has a 1 :1 metal-ligand ratio and a binuclear structure with μ-hydroxo bridges. |