“…The functionalization of azo/hydrazone ligands with non-covalent bonddonor or acceptor sites greatly affects their coordination ability and the catalytic activity of the corresponding coordination compounds (Akbari et al, 2017;Gurbanov et al, 2018;Karmakar et al, 2016;Kopylovich et al, 2011a,b;Ma et al, 2017a,b;Mahmoudi et al, 2016Mahmoudi et al, , 2017aMahmoudi et al, ,b,c, 2018a. In our previous work, we have attached chloro atoms to dye molecules, which lead to halogen bonding (Atiog lu et al, 2019;Maharramov et al, 2018;Shixaliyev et al, 2018Shixaliyev et al, , 2019. In a continuation of this work, we have functionalized a new azo dye, (E)-4-{[2,2-dichloro-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethenyl]diazen-yl}benzonitrile, which provides weak C-HÁ Á ÁO intermolecular hydrogen bonds.…”