Synthesis and structures of (13-hydroxylamino-5,7,7,13-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-4-ene-κ)nickel(II) tetrachlorozincate(II) and (13-azonium-5,5,7,13-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-κ)nickel(II) tetrachlorozincate(II) chloride 2.25 water

Zinc/acid reduction of the nitro function of (5,7,7,13-tetramethyl-13-nitro-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-4-ene)nickel(II) yields (13-hydroxylamino-5,7,7,13-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-4-ene)nickel(II), isolated as the tetrachlorozincate salt, for which the structure is reported. This has singlet ground state nickel(II) in square-planar coordination by the three amine and the imine nitrogen atoms of the macrocycle. There is no interaction between the nickel(II) ion and the axially oriented hydroxylamino group.Zinc/acid reduction of the nitro function of (5,5,7,13-tetramethyl-13-nitro-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)nickel(II) yields (13-amino-5,5,7,13-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)nickel(II), isolated from acid solution as (13-azonium-5,5,7,13-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-κ⁴)nickel(II) tetrachlorozincate(II) chloride 2.25 water, for which the structure is reported. The two independent cations have singlet ground state nickel(II) in square-planar coordination by the four secondary amine nitrogen atoms of the macrocycle, with the protonated amine substituent axially oriented.The cations of both compounds show disorder in the location of the axial methyl component of the gem-dimethyl group, manifest as reversal of the trimethyl substituted 1,3-amine-imine or 1,3-diamine chelate rings, arising from co-crystallisation of enantiomers.     

Bis­(dicyan­amido)(diethyl­enetri­amine‐κ3N)copper(II) and (dicyan­amido)(tri­ethyl­enetetr­amine‐κ4N)copper(II) dicyan­amide

Two new complexes, [Cu(C₂N₃)₂(dien)] (dien is diethyl­ene­tri­amine, C₄H₁₃N₃), (I), and [Cu(C₂N₃)(trien)](C₂N₃) (trien is triethyl­ene­tetr­amine, C₆H₁₈N₄), (II), have been characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. Both complexes display a distorted tetragonal–pyramidal geometry. In (I), the Cu atom is coordinated in the basal plane by three diethyl­ene­tri­amine N atoms [Cu—N = 2.000 (2), 2.004 (2) and 2.025 (2) Å] and one terminal N atom [Cu—N = 1.974 (2) Å] from one monodentate dicyan­amide group, and in the apical position by one terminal N atom [Cu—N = 2.280 (2) Å] from the other monodentate dicyan­amide group. In (II), the Cu atom is surrounded by four triethyl­ene­tetr­amine N atoms [Cu—N = 2.012 (2), 2.014 (2), 2.019 (2) and 2.031 (2) Å in the basal plane] and a terminal N atom [Cu—N = 2.130 (2) Å in the apical site] from one monodentate dicyan­amide group. The other dicyan­amide anion is not directly coordinated to the metal atom. In both (I) and (II), hydro­gen‐bond interactions between the uncoordinated terminal N atoms of two dicyan­amide ions and the amine H atoms lead to the formation of three‐dimensional networks.     

(4‐Aminopyridine‐κN1)(phthalocyaninato‐κ4N)zinc(II) tetrahydrofuran disolvate

The title compound, [Zn(C₃₂H₁₆N₈)(C₅H₆N₂)]·2C₄H₈O, consists of one (phthalocyaninato)zinc (ZnPc) unit, a coordinated 4‐aminopyridine (4‐ap) molecule and two tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent molecules. The central Zn atom is (4+1)‐coordinated by four isoindole N atoms of the Pc core and by the pyridine N atom of 4‐aminopyridine. The Zn atom is displaced by 0.4464 (8) Å from the isoindole N₄ plane towards the pyridine N atom. The crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular amine–phthalocyaninate N—H...N hydrogen bonds and π–π interactions between the aggregated Pc rings, which form molecular layers, and by weak van der Waals interactions between the layers. As well as hindering the aggregation of ZnPc molecules by occupying an axial position, the amino group will add new interactions which will favor applications of ZnPc, for example, as a sensitizer of photodynamic therapy.