The chemistry of pyridine thiols and related ligands, Part 5. Synthesis and spectroscopy of nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes containing 1-oxopyridine-2-thione and 2,2′-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline

Summary Reactions of bis(1-oxopyridine-2-thione) Ni^II or Cu^II with 2,2-bipyridine (bipy) or 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) yield complexes of stoichiometry: Ni(C₅H₄NOS)₂L {L = bipy, two isomers: (1) and (2), L = phen, one isomer (3)} and Cu(C₅H₄NOS)₂(phen)·0.75CHCl₃ (4). The spectroscopy (i.r., u.v.-vis., e.s.r.) and magnetism studies of the above complexes are described. On the basis of conductivity, the Cu^II-phen complex has been formulated as [Cu(C₅H₄NOS)(phen)₂][Cu(C₅H₄NOS)₃]·1.5CHCl₃ (4). The vis. absorption spectra support similar octahedral structures for the minor bipy isomer (2) and for the Ni^II-phen complex [(3)], whereas the major isomer [(1)] has a different structure. The e.s.r. spectrum of the Cu^II-phen complex (4) is commensurate with an elongated octahedral structure. New methods for the preparation and spectroscopy of M(C₅H₄NOS)₂ (M = Mn, Ni, Cu or Zn) compounds have been investigated.     

Synthesis,X-ray crystal structure and magnetic study of a μ 1,5-dca bridged ferromagnetic dimeric copper(II) complex

Reaction of Cu(NO₃)₂ · 3H₂O, 1-(N-salicyalideneimine)-2-(N,N-dimethyl)-aminoethane (HL¹), LiClO₄, and sodium dicyanamide (Nadca) in aqueous medium affords a dimeric complex [Cu₂(L¹)₂ (μ_{1, 5}-dca)](ClO₄) (1). Single crystal X-ray analysis reveals that 1 is dinuclear with copper(II) ions bridged by a single dicyanamide group in end-to-end fashion. The coordination environment around copper(II) is square planar. Two nitrogens and oxygen of the tridentate Schiff-base ligand (HL¹) occupy three coordination sites of the square plane while the remaining site is occupied by the nitrogen of a terminal nitrile of the bridging dca. The nitrogen of the other terminal nitrile group of the μ_1,5-dca ligand connects a neighboring [CuL¹] unit to yield [Cu₂(L¹)₂(μ_1,5-dca)](ClO₄) (1). Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show that the magnetic interaction is ferromagnetic (J = 1.93 cm^?1). The results of a magnetic model are in good agreement with the experimental data.     

The crystal structure of tetracarbonyl[η4-(1,1,3,4-tetramethylsilole)]chromium

An X-ray diffraction study has shown that tetracarbonyl[η⁴-(1,1,3,4-tetramethyl- silole)]chromium has a conjugated 1,3-diene bonded to a distorted piano stool Cr(CO)₄ fragment. The intra-ring CC bond lengths (139.2, 145.8 and 139.0 pm) indicate predominant diene-to-metal donor bonding. The bending angle of the silole ligand is 37.7°, and the Cr(CO)₂ trans angles are 105.87 and 149.12°.     

Crystal and molecular structure of (μ-η2,η3-propargyl)- bis(cyclopentadienyl)tetracarbonyldimolybdenum tetrafluoroborate and (μ-η2,η3-1,1-dimethylpropargyl)- bis(cyclopentadienyl)tetracarbonyldimolybdenum tetrafluoroborate

An X-ray study of [(μ-η²,η³-HCCCH₂)Cp₂Mo₂(CO)₄]⁺(BF₄⁻) (1) and [(μ-η²,η³-HCCCMe₂)Cp₂Mo₂(CO)₄]⁺(BF₄⁻) (2) reveals their structures to be similar to the structure of neutral compounds of the series (μ-η²,η²-RCCR)Cp₂Mo₂(CO)₄, the difference between 1 and 2 being mainly due to the markedly different MoC⁺ bond lengths, which accounts for different stability and fluxional behavior of these compounds in solution.     

Unexpected fragmentation of phenyldithiobenzoate, formation and X-ray structure of [μ,η(S,S)-1,2-(dithio)-1,2-(diphenylethylene)] diiron hexacarbonyl complex

The reaction of Fe₂(CO)₉ with phenyldithiobenzoate PhCS₂Ph 1 afforded four colored compounds: [(μ-η³(C,S,S)PhCS₂Ph)]Fe₂(CO)₆2, (μ-S)₂Fe₃(CO)₉3, (μ-SPh)₂Fe₂(CO)₆4 and [μ-η²(S,S)][PhC(S)C(S)Ph]Fe₂(CO)₆5. Complex 5 was characterized by X-ray crystallography. The formation of complexes 4 and 5 was unexpected since it involved a fragmentation of the organic ligand 1 during its reaction with Fe₂(CO)₉. The electrochemical studies of 1, complexes 2 and 3 were undertaken in order to get information about the chemical behaviors of the intermediates generated by electron transfer. The results of cyclic voltammetry studies of 2 and 1 suggested that the reaction of 1 with Fe₂(CO)₉ involved two competitive reactions: (i) a thermal reaction which led to the expected compounds 2 and 3 and (ii) an electron transfer reaction involving a fragmentation of starting ligand 1 led to the unexpected complex 5. The required electrons may be provided by iron during the thermal decay of complexes 2 or 3 or Fe₂(CO)₉.     

Synthesis,spectroscopy, thermodynamics and structure of [ZnCl2 (η3-dpktch)] (η3-dpktch = N,N,O- di-2-pyridyl ketone thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazone)

When dpktch was reacted with ZnCl₂ in refluxing acetonitrile in air [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] was isolated in good yield. Infrared spectra suggest weaker binding of dpktch in [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] than in [CdCl₂(η³-dpktch)]. ¹H-NMR studies in non-aqueous media show that [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] is sensitive to changes in its environment and exchanges its amide proton. Electronic absorption spectral measurements confirmed the sensitivity of [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] to changes in its surroundings and show inter-conversion between two intra-ligand-charge-transfer transitions (ILCT) at 330?±?2 nm and 404?±?2 associated with [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] and its conjugate base. Thermo-optical measurements in non-aqueous dmf and dmso show facile inter-conversion between [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] and its conjugate base, respectively. Also, it is shown that protonation of dmf by [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] is exothermic (standard enthalpy of protonation ΔH^θ ?=??40.7?±?1.8 kJ mol^?1), but endothermic for dmso (ΔH^θ ?=?+8.3?±?1.5 kJ mol^?1). Chemical stimuli in concentrations as low as 5.0?×?10^?7 M can be detected and determined using [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] in non-aqueous media. X-ray crystallographic studies on a monoclinic, P2₁/n single crystal of [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] confirmed the N,N,O-coordination of dpktch and revealed interdigitated units of [ZnCl₂(η³-dpktch)] connected via a web of hydrogen bonds.     

Optically active transition metal complexes. Part 117:Synthesis,crystal structure and properties of chiral (η6-arene)ruthenium complexes with N,O- and N,N-ligands

The complexes [(η⁶-p-ⁱPrC₆H₄Me)Ru(NO₂pesa)Cl] 2, [(η⁶-p-ⁱPrC₆H₄Me)Ru(oxazsa)Cl] 3 and [(η⁶-p-ⁱPrC₆H₄Me)Ru(pepy)Cl] 4, chiral in the chelate ligand and chiral at the ruthenium atom, have been prepared by reaction of [(η⁶-p-ⁱPrC₆H₄Me)RuCl₂]₂ with the anions of the (S)-configured bidentate N,O- and N,N-ligands. [(η⁶-p-ⁱPrC₆H₄Me)Ru(pesa)I] 5 was synthesized by halide exchange. The diastereomer ratios of compounds 2–4 with respect to the stereogenic ruthenium atom are in CDCl₃ 2a:2b=81:19, 3a:3b=77:23 and 4a:4b=61:39. Compound 5 is obtained diastereomerically pure. An X-ray structure analysis of 3 shows (R_Ru,S_C)-configuration     

Synthesis,structure, and spectroscopy of two benzil-based α-diimine ligands and their palladium(II) complexes

Two α-diimine ligands were prepared in 60–70% yield via p-toluenesulfonic acid-catalyzed condensation reactions from benzil with 4-bromoaniline and with p-anisidine. Palladium(II) complexes were prepared from both ligands in 70–80% yield. X-ray structures were obtained for the ligand prepared from p-anisidine and its palladium(II) complex. A notable feature observed in the former was its unconjugated C–N double bonds, both in the (E)-configuration. The latter structure possessed two molecules of the metal complex in its unit cell, both of which have diimine cores with a degree of conjugation and a nonideal square-planar geometry around palladium caused by the small bite angles (79.61(3) and 79.15(3)°) of the diimine ligands. Solution-phase electronic absorption spectra of the ligands in chloroform have two bands from π→π ^? and n→π ^? transitions at 269–345?nm. Absorption spectra of the complexes in chloroform exhibited bands attributed to ligand-centered transitions that were red-shifted as compared to free ligands. Only the spectrum obtained from a chloroform solution of the palladium(II) complex with the diimine ligand prepared from p-anisidine featured a band at approximately 520?nm, which was assigned to a combination of d _π(Pd)→π ^? and n(Cl)→π ^? transitions.     

Syntheses,crystal structures,and luminescence of coordination polymers [Cu(μ-Br)(μ-phpzm)] n , [{Cu(μ-SCN)}2(μ-phpzm)] n,and [(phpzm)Cu(μ-CN)] n (phpzm = bis(4-phenylpyrazol-1-yl)methane)

Solvothermal reactions of CuX (X?=?Br, SCN, CN) with bis(4-phenyl-pyrazol-1-yl)methane (phpzm) gave two 2-D coordination polymers, [Cu(μ-Br)(μ-phpzm)] _n (1) and [{Cu(μ-SCN)}₂(μ-phpzm)] _n (2), and a 1-D coordination polymer, [(phpzm)Cu(μ-CN)] _n (3). Compounds 1–3 were characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra, and X-ray crystallography. Compounds 1 and 2 have 2-D networks in which split-stair [Cu(μ-Br)] _n chains (1) or staircase-like [Cu(μ-SCN)] _n double chains (2) are linked by μ-phpzm bridges. Compound 3 consists of a zigzag chain formed by linking [Cu(phpzm)] fragments via cyanide bridges. Luminescence properties of 1–3 along with phpzm in the solid state at ambient temperature were also investigated.     

Tetra(μ3-hydroxo) bridged copper(II) tetranuclear cubane complexes: synthesis,crystal structure,and DNA binding studies

The tridentate Schiff base H₂L was synthesized by the condensation of equimolar amount of 1-amino-2-propanol and salicylaldehyde. The reaction of H₂L with an equimolar amount of Cu(CH₃COO)₂·H₂O in methanol leads to the formation of the tetranuclear Cu₄L₄, 1. However, reaction of equimolar amount of H₂L, copper(II) acetate, and 2,4,6-trimethylaniline in methanol forms a mixture of products which includes a discrete mononuclear complex Cu(L′)₂, 2m (where HL′ is a bidentate ligand), in addition to the tetranuclear Cu₄L₄ species, 2c. In both tetranuclear cubane species, the tridentate H₂L is both a chelating and a bridging ligand, after deprotonation of the enolic and the phenolic OH. The copper(II) centers are five-coordinate with a [N, O₄] donor set from the ligands. The coordination geometry about each copper is distorted square pyramidal with one nitrogen and two oxygen from one ligand and two oxygen from adjacent ligands in the next unit of the cubane. In mononuclear 2m, the ligand is bidentate and the coordination geometry around copper(II) is square planar. The absorption spectra strongly suggest that tetranuclear 1 interacts with CT-DNA.     

Calcium tetramethylheptanedionate adducts with N-donor ligands. Molecular structure of a dimeric and volatile adduct Ca2(η2-thd)(μ,η2-thd)3(η2-bipy)

Decomplexation of Ca₃(thd)₆ by mono- and bidentate N-donors [morpholine, dimorpholinoethane (DIMOE), TMEDA, bipyridine] afforded the corresponding adducts Ca(thd)₂L [L=morpholine (1a), DIMOE (1b), TMEDA (2)] and {Ca(thd)₂}₂(bipy) (3). All complexes have been fully characterised by elemental analysis, FT-IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. Compounds 1b and 3 have also been characterised by X-ray crystallography. The structure of 3 is based on six- and seven-coordinated Ca centres; it is the first dimeric volatile Lewis base adduct of Ca(thd)₂. The thermal behaviour of all derivatives has been studied by thermal gravimetric analysis.     

Coordination chemistry of H-spirophosphorane ligands towards pentacarbonylchlororhenium(I) – synthesis,structure and catalytic activity of complexes

Synthesis of a group of carbonyl rhenium coordination compounds with hydrospirophosphorane ligands was carried out and described. Different symmetrical HP(OCH₂CH₂NH)₂ L1 , HP(OCH₂CMe₂NH)₂ L2 , HP(OC₆H₄NH)₂ L3 , and unsymmetrical ligands HP (OCMe₂CMe₂O)(OC₆H₄NH) L4 were found to coordinate to the rhenium center as bidentate P,N donor ligands yielding fac-[ReCl (CO)₃ Ln ], where n = 1 – 4. Furthermore, monodentate coordination was also observed in some cases, as was clearly presented in the case of [ReCl(CO)₂( L4- κ²P,N)( L4- κP)] complex. All of the complexes were characterized using optical spectroscopy. Single-crystalX-ray diffraction was also performed in the case of fac-[ReCl(CO)₃ L3 ], fac-[ReCl(CO)₃ L4 ], [Re(CO)₂( L2 )₂]Cl and [ReCl (CO)₂( L4- κ²P,N)( L4- κP)] samples. Complexes [ReCl(CO)₃ L3 ] and [ReCl (CO)₃ L4 ], both bearing rings of conjugated double bonds within hydrospirophosphorane ligands, exhibited luminescence. Catalytic properties of rhenium complexes were assessed using the representative fac-[ReCl (CO)₃ L2 ] complex in the dimerization reaction of terminal alkynes. An efficient and selective procedure for synthesis of the E - enynes was developed. Coupling of (2-chlorophenyl)acetylene was mediated by [ReCl (CO)₃ L2 ]/TBAF system with a 100% conversion rate. Different substituents within aromatic alkynes were tolerated and the resulting products were dependent on the nature of the substituents.     

Synthesis,crystal structure and spectroscopic characterization of new neutral and cationic (η-p-cymene)–ruthenium(II) complexes with phosphine–amide ligands

The dimeric starting material [Ru(η⁶-p-cymene)(μ-Cl)Cl]₂ reacts with the phosphino-amides o-Ph₂P–C₆H₄CO–NH–R [R = ⁱPr (a), Ph (b), 4-MeC₆H₄ (c), 4-FC₆H₄ (d)] to give the mononuclear compounds 1a–d [RuCl(η⁶-p-cymene)(o-Ph₂P–C₆H₄–CO–NH–R)]Cl. The subsequent reaction of these complexes with KPF₆ produced the cationic species 2a–d [RuCl(η⁶-p-cymene)(o-Ph₂P–C₆H₄–CO–NH–R)][PF₆] in which phosphino-amides also act as rigid P,O-chelating ligands. The molecular structures of 2b–d were determined crystallographically. Amide deprotonation is achieved when complexes 2a–d were made react with 1 M aqueous solution of KOH, affording the corresponding neutral species 3a–d [RuCl(η⁶-p-cymene)(o-Ph₂P–C₆H₄–CO–N–R)] in which a P,N-coordination mode is suggested.     

Reactivity studies of (η-arene)ruthenium dimeric complexes towards pyrazoles: isolation of amidines, bis pyrazoles and chloro bridged pyrazole complexes

The complex [(η⁶-p-cymene)Ru(μ-Cl)Cl]₂1 reacts with pyrazole ligands (3a-g) in acetonitrile to afford the amidine derivatives of the type [(η⁶-p-cymene)Ru(L)(3,5-HRR′pz)](BF4)₂ (4a-f), where L = {HNC(Me)3,5-RR′pz}; R, R′ = H (4a); H, CH₃ (4b); C₆H₅ (4c); CH₃, C₆H₅ (4d) OCH₃ (4e); and OC₂H₅ (4f), respectively. The ligand L is generated in situ through the condensation of 3,5-HRR′pz with acetonitrile under the influence of [(η⁶-p-cymene)RuCl₂]₂. The complex [(η⁶-C₆Me₆)Ru(μ-Cl)Cl]₂2 reacts with pyrazole ligands in acetonitrile to yield bis-pyrazole derivatives such as [(η⁶-C₆Me₆)Ru (3,5-HRR′pz)₂Cl](BF₄) (5a-b), where R, R′ = H (5a); H, CH₃ (5b), as well as dimeric complexes of pyrazole substituted chloro bridged derivatives [{(η⁶-C₆Me₆)Ru(μ-Cl) (3,5-HRR′pz)}₂](BF₄)₂ (5c-g), where R, R′ = CH₃ (5c); C₆H₅ (5d); CH₃, C₆H₅ (5e); OCH₃ (5f); and OC₂H₅ (5g), respectively. These complexes were characterized by FT-IR and FT-NMR spectroscopy as well as analytical data. The molecular structures¹ of representative complexes [(η⁶-C₆Me₆)Ru{3(5)-Hmpz}₂Cl]⁺5b, [(η⁶-C₆Me₆)Ru(μ-Cl)(3,5-Hdmpz)]₂²⁺5c and [(η⁶-C₆Me₆)Ru(μ-Cl){3(5)Me,5(3)Ph-Hpz}]₂²⁺5e were established by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.     

Synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of three new terpyridine-based Pb(II) complexes,cytotoxicity studies of {[Pb(ttpy)(μ-AcO)]2}(SCN)2

Synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of three new terpyridine-based Pb(II) complexes, {[Pb(ttpy)(μ-AcO)]₂}(SCN)₂ (1) (ttpy?=?4′-tolyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine), [Pb(Clphtpy)(AcO)(ClO₄)] (2), and [Pb(Clphtpy)(SCN)₂] (3) (Clphtpy?=?4′-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine), are described. The synthesized materials have been characterized, also, by CHN elemental analysis, ¹H NMR, and IR spectroscopy. The structural analyses showed that, in the solid state, the coordination number of Pb(II) in 1, 2, and 3 are six, seven, and five, respectively. In the complexes, the lone-pair electrons of Pb(II) are stereochemically active and the coordination geometry of Pb(II) is hemidirected. The structures of the three complexes were compared and the effect of counter ion is described. The antibacterial activity of 1 and previously reported {[Pb(ttpy)(μ-AcO)]₂}(PF₆)₂ (1A) and {[Pb(ttpy)(μ-AcO)I]₂} (1B) were tested by minimum inhibitory concentration method to investigate the effect of counter ions on biological activity of the compounds. Also, cytotoxicity test was assessed using 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assay to determine the maximum non-toxic concentration of ttpy, Pb(II), and their complexes to HepG2 cells. Effective lead detoxification was observed for 1, 1A, and 1B.     

Synthesis,crystal structure and magnetic properties of triaquahexakis(μ2-betaine)(μ3-oxo)triiron(III) perchlorate heptahydrate

The synthesis and characterization of the oxo-centered carboxylato-bridged trinuclear iron(III) complex, triaquahexakis(₂-betaine)(₃-oxo)triiron(III) perchlorate heptahydrate are described. X-ray crystallography shows that the Fe^III atom in the complex has a slightly distorted octahedral geometry, coordinated by four oxygen atoms from different betaine ligands [Fe—;O = 2.009(3) 2.034(3) Å], one aqua ligand [Fe—O = 2.028(4) and 2.031(3) Å] and the central ₃-oxo atom [Fe—O = 1.917(2) and 1.917(3) Å]. The central oxygen is ideally coplanar with the plane of the three metal atoms. Magnetic susceptibility data (4–320 K) show the presence of an antiferromagnetic exchange interaction with a coupling constant of J = –20.2 cm^–1.