“…Five nonsymmetric novel C^N*N'^C' proligands, 2-aryl 1 -6-(aryl 2 (6-phenylpyridin-2-yl)amino)nicotinates, where aryl 1 = 4-FC 6 H 4 , aryl 2 = 4-BrC 6 H 4 (L1), aryl 1 = aryl 2 = thiophen-2-yl (L2), aryl 1 = aryl 2 = benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl (L3), aryl 1 = thiophen-2-yl, aryl 2 = 4-MeOC 6 H 4 (L4), aryl 1 = benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl, aryl 2 = 4-MeOC 6 H 4 (L5), were synthesized by using successive Suzuki [35] and Buchwald-Hartwig [33,34,36] coupling reactions (Scheme 1). Their synthesis and characterization are described in Part 1 of the Supporting Information.…”