“…The crystal structures of transition-metal complexes of dihydroxybenzoic acids (2, (2, 4 ]·3H 2 O [11], [Cu(2,6-Hdhb) 2 (2, 3 (H 2 O) 4 ]·2H 2 O [14]. In these complexes, 2,3-H 2 dhb act as a catecholato type chelate, whereas 2,6-H 2 dhb shows a more versatile coordination mode (either using both the carboxylate group and an adjacent hydroxyl group in a salicylato type chelate, or the carboxylate group in a monodentate or bidentate fashion).…”