Tripodal ligands possessing six convergent hydroxyl groups a novel family of iron sequestering agents based on o,o'-dihydroxybiphenyl subunits

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)85070-5

A new family of iron(III) sequestering agents has been designed. Tripodal ligands possessing six convergent hydroxyl groups have been prepared by condensation of an appropriate o,o'-biaryl building block and a spacer. The preparations of building blocks a