We report a synthetic approach towards metal complexes of the poorly coordinating sulfonamide 2-tosylaminomethylaniline (HL Ts ) that exploits both the good donor capacity of imine N atoms and the hydrolysis of imine ligands mediated by d-block metals. Zn 2+ , Cd 2+ and Pd 2+ ions appear to pro-
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