Coordination compounds of benzidine: A versatile family in coordination chemistry and crystal engineering

•Syntheses of some coordination compounds containing benzidine are described.•Their structures and properties are highlighted.•Their supramolecular architectures by non-covalent interactions are outlined.

Synthetic methods, structural features, and exciting properties of some novel mono-, di- and polynuclear compounds with benzidine as ligands are described in this short review.

Graphical abstractSyntheses, structural diversity and exciting properties of a set of mono-, di- and polynuclear coordination compounds of benzidine binding towards different transition and nontransition metal ions have been delineated in this review. The long-range structures in terms of different weak non-covalent forces in the crystalline states are also highlighted.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide