The reaction equilibria [H
4L]
2+ + Zn(OAc)
2 [Zn(H
2L)]
2+ + 2HOAc (
K1) and [Zn(H
2L)]
2+ + Zn(OAc)
2 [Zn
2L]
2+ +2HOAc (
K2), involving zinc acetate and the perchlorate salts of the tetraiminodiphenol macrocycles [H
4L
1-3](ClO
4)
2,the lateral (CH
2)
n chains of which vary between
n = 2 and
n = 4, have been studied by spectrophotometric andspectrofluorimetric titrations in acetonitrile. The photoluminescence behavior of the complexes [Zn
2L
1](ClO
4)
2,[Zn
2L
2(H
2O)
2](ClO
4)
2, [Zn
2L
2(
-O
2CR)](ClO
4) (R = CH
3, C
6H
5,
p-CH
3C
6H
4,
p-OCH
3C
6H
4,
p-ClC
6H
4,
p-NO
2C
6H
4),and [Zn
2L
3(
-OAc)](ClO
4) have been investigated. The X-ray crystal structures of the complexes [Zn
2L
2(H
2O)
2](ClO
4)
2, [Zn
2L
3(
-OAc)](ClO
4), and [Zn
2L
2(
-OBz)(OBz)(H
3O)](ClO
4) have been determined. The complex [Zn
2L
2(
-OBz)(OBz)(H
3O)](ClO
4) in which the coordinated water molecule is present as the hydronium ion (H
3O
+) ondeprotonation gives rise to the neutral dibenzoate-bridged compound [Zn
2L
2(
-OBz)
2]·H
2O. The equilibrium constants(
K) for the reaction [Zn
2L
2(H
2O)
2]
2+ + A
- [Zn
2L
2A]
+ + 2H
2O (
K), where A
- = acetate, benzoate, or the carboxylatemoiety of the amino acids glycine,
L-alanine,
L-histidine,
L-valine, and
L-proline, have been determinedspectrofluorimetrically in aqueous solution (pH 6-7) at room temperature. The binding constants (
K) evaluated forthese systems vary in the range (1-8) × 10
5.