N,N'-Bis(1-methylimidazol-2-ylmethylidene)-1,3-diaminopropan-2-ol, HBIMPNOL

The crystal structure of the title compound, C₁₃H₁₈N₆O, reveals that for such a species to act as a tetradentate ligand, significant rearrangement is required, as evidenced by the dihedral angle [67.5 (1)°] between the two imidazole rings which results in a large separation of 7.256 (4) Å between the N donor atoms of these rings.

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