A Novel Transamination Induced by Terpyridine Ligand Coordinated on Cobalt(III) Ion

The reaction of salicylidene-L-alanine with the Co(III) complex involving 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (terpy) in aqueous ethanol solution afforded a peculiar transamination to form the complex, [Co(α-hydroxy salicylidene-o-hydroxybenzylamine)(terpy)]+, whose structure has been confirmed by X-ray structure analysis and positive FAB mass spectrometry.