Three known multinuclear Zn(II)-arylhydrazone complexes, [Zn{(CH₃)₂SO}(H₂O)(L¹)] (1), [Zn₂(CH₃OH)₂(μ-L²)₂] (2) and [Zn₄(μ-OH)₂(1κO:2κO-HL³)₄(κO-HL³)₂(H₂O)₄] (3) were prepared upon reaction of ZnCl₂ or Zn(CH₃COO)₂·2H₂O with 3-(2-(2-hydroxy-4-nitrophenyl) hydrazineylidene) pentane-2,4-dione (H₂L¹), 3-(2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)hydrazineylidene)pentane-2,4-dione (H₂L²) and 2-(2-(2,4-dioxopentan-3-ylidene)hydrazineyl)benzoic acid (H₂L³), respectively, in methanol solution. Compounds 1–3 were tested as catalysts for the cyanosilylation reaction of a diversity of both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes with trimethylsilyl cyanide yielding the corresponding cyanohydrin trimethylsilyl ethers in high yields (72–98%) in methanol and at room temperature.

三种已知的多核Zn（II）-芳基zone络合物[Zn {（CH ₃）₂ SO}（H ₂ O）（L ¹）]（1），[Zn ₂（CH ₃ OH）₂（μ- L ²）₂ ]（2）并且，[Zn ₄（μ -OH）₂（1κ ø：2κ ö -HL ³）₄（κ ø -HL ³）₂（H ₂ O）₄ ]（3分别在氯化锌的反应制得）₂或Zn（CH ₃ COO）₂ ·2H ₂ O与3-（2-（2-羟基-4-硝基苯基）肼基）戊烷-2,4-二酮（H ₂ L ¹），3-（2-（ 2-羟基苯基）肼基亚基）戊烷-2,4-二酮（H ₂ L ²）和2-（2-（2-（2,4-二氧戊丹-3-亚丙基）肼基）苯甲酸（H ₂ L ³）甲醇溶液。化合物1 - 3进行测试作为催化剂用于脂族和芳族醛的多样性与氰化三甲基硅烷，得到高产率（72-98％）在甲醇中并在室温下相应的氰醇三甲基甲硅烷醚的硅氰化反应。