“…Formation of heterocyclic species, namely, 1,4-diazepine and 1,5-benzodiazepine, was indeed observed when 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone was reacted with 1,2-diaminoethane (en) and 1,2-diaminophenyl, respectively [30], instead of the desired 2-thienyl-containing ONN-tridentate 4 Schif base hemiligands [25,31,32]. Thus, in the quest to prepare thienyl-containing N 2 O 2 tetradentate Schiff base compounds, we attempted condensation reactions by using readily available bis [4,4,4- Schiff base complex [33].…”