“…Although a number of crystal structures of bis(quadridentate)zirconium complexes with eight-coordination have been reported, the quadridentate ligands are limited to salen-type ligands with rigid backbones, either N,N¢-disalicylidene-1,2-phenylenediamino (dsp) [5,7,26] or N,N¢-disalicylidene-1,2-cyclohexylenediamino (dsd) [6], or N,N'-disalicylidene-2-hydroxyphenylmethanediamino (dshpm) [8]. The molecular structure of (1) is an example of a bis(salen)zirconium complex with an ethene backbone.…”