Selective syntheses of heterobinuclear cobalt( III )–nickel( II ) and cobalt( III )–copper( II ) complexes with a bimacrocyclic ligand via‘lariat nickel( II ) or cobalt( III ) complexes’

Heterobinuclear CoIII–NiII and CoIII–CuII complexes with bicyclam [6,6′-bis(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)]L are selectively synthesized via a mononuclear nickel(II) or cobalt(III) complex with bicyclam ‘lariat nickel(II) or cobalt(III) complexes’.