Mol-ecular structure of tris-[(6-bromo-pyridin-2-yl)meth-yl]amine.

Coordination compounds of polydentate nitro-gen ligands with metals are used extensively in research areas such as catalysis, and as models of complex active sites of enzymes in bioinorganic chemistry. Tris(2-pyridyl-meth-yl)amine (TPA) is a tripodal tetra-dentate ligand that is known to form coordination compounds with metals, including copper, iron and zinc. The related compound, tris-[(6-bromo-pyridin-2-yl)meth-yl]amine (TPABr), CHBrN, which possesses a bromine atom on the 6-position of each of the three pyridyl moieties, is also known but has not been heavily investigated.