“…Synthesis of N ′‐(4‐diethylamino‐2‐hydroxybenzylidene)‐2‐hydroxybenzohydrazide (1) : A solution of 2‐hydroxybenzohydrazide ( 3 ) (1.52 g, 10 mmol), 4‐(diethylamino)salicylaldehyde ( 2 ) (1.93 g, 10 mmol), and piperidine (0.50 mL) in EtOH (25 mL) was heated at reflux for 4 h. The resulting yellow precipitate was isolated by filtration and then washed with EtOH to give the crude product. Purification by column chromatography (hexane/EtOAc, 2:1→1:1) gave the title compound as a pale yellow solid (2.77 g, 81 % yield): 1 H NMR (500 MHz, [D 6 ]DMSO): δ =8.48 (s, 1 H), 7.87 (d, J =6.5 Hz, 1 H), 7.44–7.42 (m, 1 H), 7.29 (d, J =8.5 Hz, 1 H), 6.97–6.93 (m, 2 H), 6.38 (d, J =8.5 Hz, 1 H), 6.24 (s, 1 H), 3.38 (q, J =7.0 Hz, 4 H), 1.09 ppm (t, J =7.0 Hz, 6 H); 13 C NMR (125 MHz, [D 6 ]DMSO): δ =165.0, 159.8, 159.6, 150.2, 134.5, 132.1, 129.2, 119.5, 117.8, 116.0, 48.5, 11.7 ppm; MS (ESI): m/z =327 [ M ] + .…”