Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Tetrakis（4—methylpyridine）bis（μ4—pentathio）—tetracopper（Ⅰ）（4—methylpyridine）solvate

1 INTRODUCTION An interesting aspect in the studies of copper-sulfur coordination chemistry is the apparent tendency of Cu(Ⅰ) ions to form various clusters with sulfur ligands. The coordination chemistry of Cu(Ⅰ) has been studied extensively owing to the importance of Cu(Ⅰ) in biological systems and copper-sulfur bonds detected in some metallopro- teins[1]. More recently, remarkably rich photoluminescence properties have been found in the tetranuclear complexes[2～5] and the cage-ty…     

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Structure of [（PbCl2）μ-PyZ）1/2]n （Pyz = Pyrazine）

1 INTRODUCTION Because of the flexibility of Pb(II) coordination sphere and the nonstereospecific nature of halide anions[1], the chemistry of lead halide complexes has been developed in recent years. Especially PbX2- based coordination polymers with nitrogen-contain- ing Lewis bases have attracted renewed interest[2～11]. The choice of ligand and the reaction condition are of great importance in determining the final topo- logy of the supramolecular materials. But the avail- able struc…     

Synthesis and Structure of [Cu2（μ—NO2）（aepy）4]（ClO4）3 （aepy=2—（2—Aminoethyl）pyridine）

1 INTRODUCTION There has been great and considerable interest in the study of copper nitrite complexes because they are relevant to the study of copper-containing enzymes involved in the denitrification process[1]; in particular, copper-nitrite complexes are potentially relevant to the nitrite reductases[2] (the enzyme from Achromobacter Cycloclastes) which convert NO2－ to NO and/or N2O. Many attempts have been made to synthesize a variety of copper-nitrite complexes, in which the n…     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Gd（Ⅱ） Coordination Polymer [Gd2（μ-phth）3（b-pd）（H2O）5]n

1 INTRODUCTION The polymeric metal complexes with extended structures are of great interest because of their useful chemical or physical properties[1]. Due to the noti- ceable fact that the aromatic polycarboxylate can provide versatile coordination mode and the non- coplanar structure of carboxylate groups and benze- ne rings, a lot of efforts in this field have been parti- cularly directed to the preparation of aromatic poly- carboxylate (such as phthalate, terephthalate and isophthalat…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of an Inclusion Compound Mn（SCN）2（H2O）4 2C6H12N4

1 INTRODUCTION Pronounced interest has recently been focused on the supramolecular chemistry and crystal enginee- ring of coordination compounds organized by coor- dinate covalent or molecular contacts like hydro- gen-bonding, π-π interactions, et al. because of their fascinating structure diversity and potential applica- tions as functional materials in catalysis and separa- tion[1]. A lot of infinite one-, two- and three-dimen- sional coordination frameworks have been synthe- sized, s…     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of [Mn（sapn）（H2O）2]Br

1 INTRODUCTION Many of the recent advances in the coordination chemistry of manganese have been driven by the involvement of the manganese in several biological redox-active systems[1,2], of which the most important is the oxygen-evolving complex (EOC) of photosystem II (PS II) in green plants [3]. Since the preparations and structural characterizations of the complexes containing N,O-donor ligands have been studied extensively as simple active-site models for the photosystem II[4,5]…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Mn（phen）（PhCOO）2（H2O）

1 INTRODUCTION During the last decade the manganese che- mistry has aroused great interest due to its diverse redox functions of enzymes in photosystem Ⅱ and its specially structural, magnetic and spectroscopic properties[1, 2]. A lot of manganese complexes involving carboxylate ligands have been reported, and their properties been fully explored[3, 4]. The coordination environment of the manganese site in biosystem often consists of oxygen and nitrogen atoms from the carboxylate groups…     

Synthesis and Structure of Bis（indene—1,2,3—trione 2—oximato）bis （aqua）Mn（Ⅱ）：Mn（C9H4NO3）2（H2O）2

1 INTRODUCTION The interest in the complexes of transition metals with ligands ketoxime[1, 2] as potential models for metal binding sites in ferroverdin[3, 4] has prompted the investigation on the structures and the overall coordination geometry of the metal centers in these complexes. Oxime derivatives are interesting ligands since the ketoximes are found to chelate transition metals through the N (oxime) and O (ketone) atoms[5, 6]. However, monodentate coordination via only one O or …     

A Corrugated 2D Mn(Ⅱ) Network:[Mn_3(μ-oxalate)_3(μ-4,4'-bpy)_2(4,4'-bpy)_2]_n

1 INTRODUCTION It is well known that the bi-functional 4,4?-bi- pyridine (4,4?-bpy) has the ability to act as a rigid, rod-like organic building block in the self-assembly of coordination frameworks. Many researches have also been done on the metal oxalate compounds. The remarkable coordination abilities of oxalate and 4,4?- bpy ligands are applied to design and synthesize new polymeric coordination complexes[1～4] containing mixed bridging ligands. Manganese is one of the several first-r…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of {[Mn(H_2O)_4(3,3''''-?azpy)](3, 3''''-azpy)_3(PF_6)_2}_n

1 INTRODUCTION During the past few years, many one-, two- and three-dimensional coordination polymers have been generated from transition metal templates with rigid and flexible pyridyl-containing bidentate or multidentate spacers[1, 2]. Although in the past few years, increasing interest has been given to the coordination polymer of 4, 4?azobispyridine[3, 4] and some 3, 3?azobispyridine complexes[5, 6] were repor- ted three decades ago, no crystal structure of 3, 3?azpy complex has been…     

Synthesis and Structure of [Cu（OH）2（H2O）2（4—C5H4N—COOH）2]

1 INTRODUCTION Supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering of coordination compounds have attracted considerable interests nowadays owing to the fascinating structural diversity and potential applications as functional materials[1,2]. Generally, architectures of supramolecules are formed through hydrogen bonds, ?- ?stacking interaction or other weak interactions between the molecules. Recently, many supramolecular compounds containing silver(I) and copper(II) species have been re-…     

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel Polymolybdic（VI） Acid： {[H3O]2^＋[Mo2O4（OH）6^]2-}n

1 INTRODUCTION Coordination polymers[1～3] with one-, two- or three-dimensional structure and supramolecular compounds[4, 5] formed by weak interactions, such as hydrogen bonds, Van Der Waals’ forces, short-range exclusion forces, etc., have a variety of possible applications ranging from semicon- ductor to catalysts and potentially valuable pro- perties reminiscent of zeolites. So, considerable increasing attention has been focused on the syn- thesis or building of these coordination po…     

Enamine Configuration of 5-Methyl-2-phenyl-4-[（Z）-3-tolylamino-phenylmethylene]pyrazol-3（2H）-one

1 INTRODUCTION In contrast to the old-line academic and practical studies of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoyl-5-pyrazo- lone (PMBP) on the metal coordination chemistry[1], the complexes of β-ketoamines derivated from PMBP received little attention due to its complicated com- plexation. However, in recent years, there has a sudden growth of this area as a result of its timely interest in biological activities[2]. Recently, a series of β-ketoamines[3] containing PMBP have been prepared fro…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a New Dinuclear Manganese （Ⅱ） Manganese （Ⅲ） Complex of a Macrocyclic Ligand

IntroductionIn recentyears many efforts have been devotedto the preparation and characterization of pendant-arm macrocyclic complexes due to the fact that theligating groups attaching to the macrocyclic skele-ton can offer additional donor groups to maintainthe coordination sphere of metal centers in themacrocycles[1,2 ] .In this way,functionalised pen-dant- arm macrocyclic complexes have been de-signed and prepared so as to mimic the structureand properties of certain metalloenzymes and met-a…     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Mononuclear Mn~(II) Picolilato Complex Mn(2-C_5H_4NCOO)_2(H_2O)_2.1/2CH_3CN

1 INTRODUCTION Manganese has been implicated as an essential part of the active center in various manganese enzymes. Various nuclearities have been observed from mononuclear atom in superoxide dismutase [1] to the tetranuclear atom of oxygen evolution in photosystem II[2]. The manganese active centers in biological systems are surrounded by O and N coordination sphere[3, 4]. Synthetic efforts have produced a great variety of Mn clusters with varying nuclearity and oxidation states. Si…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Cadmium（Ⅱ） Complex [Cd（H2O）（CH3OC6H4COO）2]n

1 INTRODUCTION Cadmium (Ⅱ) complexes have been exten- sively studied from both chemical and structural views, mainly due to the capability of cadmium (Ⅱ) (shared by most d10 metal ions) to adopt different modes of coordination determined by the consideration of size, as well as electrostatic and covalent bonding forces[1]. And the field of coordination polymers has witnessed tremendous growth over the last decade[2]. Many coordination polymeric networks have been shown to posses intere…     

Preparation, Crystal Structure and Thermal Behaviour of a One-dimensional Coordination Polymer [Mn（m-CPOAH）2（H2O）2]n

1 INTRODUCTION Supramolecular chemistry of manganese(II) car- boxylate coordination polymers has been inten- sively studied in recent years, within which ligand design is an important aspect in adjusting the coordi- nation framework and functionalities of the complexes formed[1～4]. Carboxyphenoxyacetic acids (CPOAH2), which have been known to show biological activities and are widely used in agriculture, are a family of multidentate flexible ligands with versatile binding abilities. …     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 4-Nitro-2- [（2-diethylaminoethylimino）methyl]phenol

1 INTRODUCTION Schiff base ligands have played an important role in the development of coordination chemistry as they readily form stable complexes with most metal ions[1～4]. These complexes are very interesting in many fields, such as catalysis and enzymatic reac- tions[5, 6], magnetism and molecular architectures[7～9]. The complexes derived from the similar tridentate Schiff base ligand 2-[(2-dimethylaminoethylimino)- methyl]phenol[10, 11] and its derivatives[12～14] have been widely …     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [La（BTC）（H2O）6]n

1 INTRODUCTION desired topologies owing to their rich coordination modes[8~12] and we have been exploring the chemi- The assembly of metal-organic infinite frame- stry of coordination polymers constructed by tran- works via coordination of metal ions with multifunc- sition metals and benzoic multicarboxylic acids[13~16]. tional organic ligands is a field of increasing inte- In addition, lanthanide ions have high affinity for rest[1~4]. A rational designed and predictable coor- hard donor a…     

Hydrothermal in situ Ligand Synthesis from 1,10-Phenanthroline-5,6-dione and Characterization of 1D Coordination Polymers [Co（bpdc）（H2O）3] · H2O and [Cu（bpy）V2O6]

Hydrothermal treatment of MCl2(M=Co or Cu), NH4VO3, and 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione(pdon) resulted in the formation of a duplex coordination polymer [Co(bpdc)(H2O)3]·H2O(bpdc=2,2′-bipyridine-3,3′-dicarboxylate) and a chain-like coordination polymer [Cu(bpy)V2O6](bpy=2,2′-bipyridine). X-ray single-crystal structural analysis shows that under hydrothermal conditions and in the presence of different transition metals, the organic reagent pdon was transformed in situ into bpdc and bpy, respectively. Mechanism of the in situ ligand synthesis reaction has been discussed.