Stereoselective formation of dinuclear complexes with anomalous CD spectra

A novel chiral tetradentate Schiff base ligand forms dinuclear lambda,lambda-[M2L2Cl2]2+ complexes with high diastereoselectivity; the complexes exhibit anomalous CD spectra due to exciton coupling of chromophores located on different metal centres.     

CD spectra of d-f heterobimetallic helicates with segmental di-imine ligands

We have investigated the CD spectra of a series of enantiomerically pure heterobimetallic helicates, Lambda,Lambda-[LnCr(1)(3)](6+) (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb), which contain segmental di-imine ligands. For the mononuclear precursor of these helicates, Lambda-[Cr(1)(3)](3+), a positive exciton couplet was observed around 330 nm, as expected for a tris(di-imine) complex with this absolute configuration. The titration of Ln(III) ions into a solution of this complex leads to the formation of Lambda,Lambda-[LnCr(1)(3)](6+). During this process, the CD signal was observed to invert to give a signal which was negative at lower energies. We investigated the observed changes in the CD spectra using a ZINDO-based computational method which we have previously developed. We were able to show that the exciton coupling of the chromophores coordinated to the Cr and Ln ions give rise to CD signals of opposite phase, despite having the same nominal absolute configuration. Exciton coupling between chromophores located on different metal centers ("internuclear" exciton coupling) is also predicted to have a significant impact on the observed spectrum. We were able to "deconstruct" the observed CD spectra into a set of competing exciton coupling effects and show that the sign of these spectra does not correlate with the absolute configuration of the individual metal centers.     

Exciton coupling in coordination compounds

This Perspective reviews the impact of exciton coupling on the spectroscopic properties of coordination compounds. Exciton coupling features arise in electronic absorption and circular dichroism spectra when chromophores are brought into close spatial proximity, for example by coordination to a metal centre. The analysis of these features can reveal much information such as the geometry of a complex and its absolute configuration. The extension of the exciton coupling model to polynuclear metallosupramolecular arrays is discussed.     

Predetermined chirality at metal centers of various coordination geometries: a chiral cleft ligand for tetrahedral (T-4), square-planar (SP-4), trigonal-bipyramidal (TB-5), square-pyramidal (SPY-5), and octahedral (OC-6) complexes

Two tetradentate bispinene-bipyridine type ligands, each with six stereogenic carbon centers, were synthesized from (-)-alpha-pinene. Their ability to predetermine chiral configurations at metal centers was studied. The two diastereoisomers, L1 and L2, differ in their absolute configuration at the bridgehead position. These ligands form metal complexes with Ag(I), Pd(II), Zn(II), Cu(II), and Cd(II), with coordination numbers four, five, and six and with complete control of chirality at the metal centers. Using L1 rather than L2 leads to complexes of inverted absolute configuration at the metal centers. These diastereomeric coordination species can be obtained either as separate compounds or, in some cases, as solids containing them in a 1:1 ratio. Ligands L1 and L2 thus show that the pinene-bipyridines are versatile molecules for the formation of metal complexes with predetermined chirality. In all cases, absolute configurations were determined in the solid state by X-ray diffraction methods and in solution by CD spectroscopy. The sign of exciton couplets from the pi-pi* transitions always agrees with the expectations for a given local configuration at the metal center. The five-coordinate, inherently chiral species of Zn(II) and Cu(II) described in this article are the first examples of trigonal-bipyramidal metal complexes with predetermined absolute configuration containing topologically linear ligands.     

含潜在异构手性双臂配体的螺旋组装和手性聚集

采用具有潜在异构手性的双臂配体，双吡啶二甲基联苯-2，2′-二酰肼，合成了4个双核螺旋配合物。配体与CdI₂和Cu(NO₃)₂反应得到双核单螺旋化合物1和2，在化合物2中，由于C-H…π和π…π的协同相互作用沿ab面形成单一手性的二维平面。双核双螺旋化合物3(Ni(Ⅱ))和4(Co(Ⅱ))中的金属中心表现相同的绝对构型，说明含异构手性的配体能够把金属中心的手性从一个中心传递到另一个中心。     

手性双核Salen配合物的谱学性质

合成了四个新型的手性双核(R,R)Salen配合物[(Cu)2L•H2O(2), (Ni)2L(3), (Zn)2L•H2O(4), (MnCl)2L•2H2O(5)], (其中L是由(R,R)环己二胺、 3,5-叔丁基水杨醛、 5,5’-亚甲基二水杨醛为原料合成的手性二聚Salen配体(1)).用元素分析、NMR、FT-IR、UV-Vis、CD光谱对配体和配合物进行了表征.在与单核的Salen配体和配合物比较的基础上，详细讨论了红外光谱、电子吸收光谱、圆二色光谱性质.发现双核配体和配合物的电子吸收光谱吸收峰的位置和形状与单核的配体和配合物基本一致，而吸收峰的强度有近似两倍的关系.另外， 用激子偶合理论解释了此类手性化合物圆二色谱的Cotton效应和Cotton分裂. Cotton分裂的方向依赖于环己二胺的构象.(R,R)环己二胺决定了Salen化合物的手征性为负， Cotton分裂的正负两部分分别处于高能区和低能区.     

Anomalous stereochemistry of pyrazolato-3,5-dicarboxylato-bridged dinuclear chromate(III) complexes containing ethylenediamine-N,N'-dicarboxylates with entrapped unstable conformations: X-ray structure of Na[Cr2(eddp)(mu-pzdc)].6H2O

Several new pyrazolato-3,5-dicarboxylato (pzdc) bridged dinuclear chromate(III) complexes containing linear tetradentate O-N-N-O type ligands were synthesized and structurally characterized. Among them, the X-ray structure of the eddp complex Na[Cr2(eddp)(mu-pzdc)].6H2O (eddp = ethylenediamine-N,N'-dipropionate) was determined to have a (sym-cis)-(unsym-cis) geometrical configuration with intramolecular three-center hydrogen bonds, entrapping the unfavored sym-cis configuration for the Cr(eddp) moiety as well as the favored unsym-cis one. As a pair of positional disorders, there were also found to be two conformational isomers with respect to the absolute configurations of the coordinated asymmetric nitrogen atom at the G (in-plane) ring for the unsym-cis moiety. Moreover, chiral pzdc-bridged dinuclear complexes with another type of O-N-N-O ligand, 1,2-cyclohexanediamine-N,N'-diacetate (cdda), were successfully synthesized, isolated, and characterized by column chromatographic behavior, elemental analysis, and chiroptical spectra. There were two diastereomers for Na[(R,R-cdda)Cr(mu-pzdc)Cr(S,S-cdda)] and only one isomer for Na[(R,R-cdda)Cr(mu-pzdc)Cr(R,S-cdda)] and Na[(R,R-cdda)Cr(mu-pzdc)Cr(edda)] (R,R- or S,S- and R,S-cdda = R,R-trans- or S,S-trans- and R,S-cis-1,2-cyclohexanediamine-N,N'-diacetate, and edda = ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetate). From their circular dichroism (CD) spectra, these complexes could exhibit the delta-delta absolute configuration with ((sym-cis-R,R-cdda)-(unsym-cis-edda or S,S- or R,S-cdda)) geometrical configuration, indicating the abnormal eq-eq (N-Ceq) configuration for the R,R-cdda. The comparison among the CD spectra of the ((cdda)-(cdda)) complexes revealed that two diastereomers of the ((R,R-cdda)-(S,S-cdda)) complex correspond to the conformational isomers resulting from the difference in geometrical orientations of the secondary amine protons on two coordinated asymmetric nitrogen atoms with the opposite absolute configuration in the unsym-cis-S,S-cdda moiety. In a series of the pzdc-bridged Cr(III) complexes the anomalous conformations in two different geometrical configurations could be entrapped probably owing to stereognostic coordination through the intramolecular N-H...O hydrogen bond interaction.     

Absolute configuration of chiral [2.2]paracyclophanes with intramolecular charge-transfer interaction. Failure of the exciton chirality method and use of the sector rule applied to the cotton effect of the CT transition

Optically active 4,7-dicyano-12,15-dimethoxy[2.2]paracyclophanes have been separated by chiral HPLC and their absolute configurations determined by comparison of the experimental and the theoretical VCD spectra. X-ray crystallographic structures for both diastereomers are also reported. The electronic circular dichroism spectra of these enantiomeric pairs, as chiral intramolecular charge-transfer complexes, have been obtained for the first time. The exciton coupling method, usually used for determining the absolute configuration of chiral molecules, however, did not give a correct prediction for the present CT-paracyclophane system. Instead, empirical sector rules for the signs of the Cotton effects of the CT transition can be applied for the assignment of the absolute configuration.     

手性八配位镧系络合物的立体化学与固体CD光谱

本文立体选择性地合成了八配位Ln（III）络合物[Eu（dbm）3L^RR]（1）、[Eu（dbm）3L^SS]（2）和[Tb（dbm）3L^RR]（3）（L^RR／L^SS=（-）／（＋）-4,5-蒎烯基联吡啶,Hdbm=二苯甲酰甲烷）,利用单晶衍射、Uv-vis和固体CD光谱对其进行了表征．晶体结构分析和固体CD光谱表明1和2互为对映体．采用激子手性方法,通过与六配位和七配位的β-二酮络合物的固体CD光谱的对比,提出含β-二酮的八配位Ln（III）络合物的绝对构型关联规则．该系列络合物的畸变四方反棱柱的△或∧绝对构型也被其单晶结构所证实．     

Structure, resolution and chiroptical analysis of stable lanthanide complexes of a pyridylphenylphosphinate triazacyclononane ligand

Lanthanide complexes of a pyridylphenylphosphinate ligand based on triazacyclononane form an isostructural series. The C(3)-symmetric Δ and Λ complexes of Eu and Tb are strongly emissive and can be resolved by chiral HPLC; the absolute configuration of each complex has been assigned using CD and CPL measurements.     

Calculation of optical rotatory dispersion and electronic circular dichroism for tris-bidentate groups 8 and 9 metal complexes, with emphasis on exciton coupling

The optical rotatory dispersion (ORD, both non-resonant and resonant) and the electronic circular dichroism (CD) of tris-bidentate transition metal complexes of the form [M(L)(3)](n+) (M = Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir; n = 2, 3; L = 1,10-phenanthroline, 2,2'-bipyridine) are calculated using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). The exciton CD band resulting from the coupling of ligand π-to-π* transitions is investigated in detail and analyzed in terms of exciton coupling of long-axis transitions using a dipole coupling model that takes TDDFT data for a single ligand as input. Results of the coupling model agree well with the full TDDFT CD spectra. The usefulness and reliability of this model is discussed. The resonant ORDs calculated directly from analytical damped linear TDDFT response compare well with Kramers-Kronig transformations of the calculated CD spectra. For comparisons of resonant ORD with experiment, one needs to consider wavelength shifts.     

Direct determination of absolute configuration of monoalcohols by bis(magnesium porphyrin)

Ethane bridged bis(Mg porphyrin) has been found to be an effective sensor for the direct determination of the absolute configuration of a variety of monoalcohols at millimolar concentrations and room temperature based on the CD exciton chirality method. Examination of a variety of synthetic and natural monoalcohols, including alpha-substituted aliphatic and aromatic alkanols with one chiral center, as well as alicyclic alcohols with 2-5 chiral centers, gave consistent results. In the case of alcohols with multiple chiral centers, the absolute configuration of the carbon alpha to OH is always read out.     

Direct metal-metal interaction contributions to quadratic hyperpolarizability: a study on dirhenium complexes

We present a comparative study of the metal-metal interaction effect on the static quadratic hyperpolarizabilities of two typical dinuclear rhenium clusters. The electronic structures, excitation spectra, dipolar moments, static polarizabilities, and quadratic hyperpolarizabilities of the two complexes with direct metal-metal interactions have been computed and analyzed with the use of high-level DFT/TDDFT methods. The geometries and the first intense excitations agree with the relevant reported measurements. The orbital decomposition scheme ( J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 1014-1021) has been applied to analyze the relationship between the electronic structures and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of these two complexes. We propose an unprecedented NLO response mechanism featuring the contribution of the direct metal-metal interaction transition process in these dinuclear rhenium complexes. This contribution positively enhances the quadratic hyperpolarizability and relates to the intensity of the metal-metal interactions of the complexes. The results are helpful to the development of NLO chromophores in polynuclear metal clusters through the molecular design technique.     

About the calculation of exchange coupling constants in polynuclear transition metal complexes

The application of theoretical methods based on the density functional theory with hybrid functionals provides good estimates of the exchange coupling constants for polynuclear transition metal complexes. The accuracy is similar to that previously obtained for dinuclear compounds. We present test calculations on simple model systems based on H. He and CH(2). He units to compare with Hartree-Fock and multiconfigurational results. Calculations for complete, nonmodeled polynuclear transition metal complexes yield coupling constants in very good agreement with available experimental data.     

Diastereoselective synthesis of coordination compounds: a chiral tripodal ligand based on bipyridine units and its ruthenium(II) and iron(II) complexes

The enantiomerically pure chiral tris-chelating ligand (+)-(7S,10R)-L(L) comprising three 4,5-pinenobipyridine subunits connected through a mesityl spacer has been synthesized. Complexes of L with RuII and FeII have been prepared and characterised. NMR spectroscopy indicates that only one diastereoisomer is formed, and the CD spectra show that the complexes have the [capital Lambda] configuration on the metal centre. The X-ray crystal structure of the iron complex shows that in the octahedral complex, the ligand L coils around the metal and confirms the absolute configuration. The RuII and FeII compounds were also characterised by mass spectrometry, electronic absorption, and, in the case of Ru(II), fluorescence spectroscopy. The photostability of the ruthenium compound was checked by photochemical experiments.     

Absolute configurations of N,N-dialkyl alpha-amino acids and beta-amino alcohols from exciton-coupled circular dichroism spectra of Cu(II) complexes

[formula: see text] A circular dichroism technique has been applied to the absolute configurational assignment of acyclic alpha-amino acids and beta-amino alcohols with single stereogenic centers via a one-step derivitization procedure requiring microgram quantities of material. Metal ions fix the geometrical relationship of two chromophores, affording CD spectra that agree with theory on the basis of the expected conformation of the ligands in the metal complexes.     

Zinc porphyrin tweezer in host-guest complexation: determination of absolute configurations of primary monoamines by circular dichroism

A nonempirical exciton chirality circular dichroic (CD) method for determining the absolute configurations of primary monoamines with amino group directly linked to the stereogenic center is described. Conventional exciton chirality CD method cannot be applied to these compounds since they lack the two sites for attaching the interacting chromophores. This was solved by covalently linking the monoamine to a trifunctional bidentate carrier moiety 1. Treatment of the carrier/monoamine conjugate with the porphyrin tweezer 4 consisting of two pentanediol-linked zinc porphyrins gives rise to 1:1 host-guest macrocyclic complexes that exhibit exciton-coupled CD spectra. The sign of the CD couplet can then be correlated with the absolute configuration of the monoamine as follows: a clockwise arrangement of the L, M, and S (large, medium, small) groups in the Newman projection of the monoamine with the amino group in the rear gives rise to a positive CD couplet, and vice versa; the assignments of L, M, S groups are based on conformational energies (A values). This method is applicable to cyclic and acyclic aliphatic amines, aromatic amines, amino esters, amides, and cyclic amino alcohols, and can be performed at the several microgram level.     

Chiral inversion of gold nanoparticles

The thiolate-for-thiolate ligand exchange was performed on well-defined gold nanoparticles under an inert atmosphere without any modification of the core size. This reaction is faster than the well-known core etching. Surprisingly, if a chiral thiol is exchanged for its opposite enantiomer, the optical activity in the metal-based electronic transitions is reversed although the form of the CD spectra remains largely unchanged. The extent of inversion corresponds to the overall ee of the chiral ligand in the system. This shows that the chiral arrangement of metal atoms in the metal particle (surface) can not withstand the driving force imposed by the ligand of opposite absolute configuration. If the incoming thiol has a different structure, the electronic transitions in the metal core are slightly modified whereas the absorption onset remains unchanged. These results emphasize the influence of the thiols on the structure of the gold nanoparticles and give insight on the ligand exchange pathways.     

Absolute stereochemistry of dihydrofuroangelicins bearing C-8 substituted double bonds: a combined chemical/exciton chirality protocol

Coumarins are associated with a variety of pharmacological activities which have led to the synthesis of numerous derivatives. However, no general method for determination of the absolute configuration of chiral coumarins is known. This has now been achieved for a series of dihydrofuroangelicins bearing a variety of C-8 substituted double bonds, synthesized in the racemic form and resolved through enantioselective chromatography. A combined chemical/chiroptical protocol has been developed in which the C[double bond, length as m-dash]C double bonds are replaced with a styrenoid chromophore through either (i) cross metathesis, (ii) Heck reaction, or (iii) a combined method of cross metathesis and Heck reaction with about 1 mg sample under mild conditions. The coupling between the styrenoid and coumarin chromophores gives rise to clear-cut exciton coupled CD curves, suitable for assignments of absolute configurations. The solution conformation of the styrenoid derivatives is determined by NMR and DFT molecular modeling; the electronic structure of the 7-hydroxy coumarin chromophore is also clarified by semi-empirical and TDDFT methods. The conformation thus derived, in conjunction with quantitative DeVoe's coupled-oscillator CD calculation, establishes the absolute configurations of the coumarins. The theoretical study described herein justifies the straightforward approach of the current chemical/exciton chirality protocol to this type of dihydrofuroangelicins.     

Extraordinary circularly polarized luminescence activity exhibited by cesium tetrakis(3-heptafluoro-butylryl-(+)-camphorato) Eu(III) complexes in EtOH and CHCl3 solutions

The largest CPL activity ever measured was observed for cesium tetrakis(3-heptafluoro-butylryl-(+)-camphorato) Eu(III) complexes in EtOH and CHCl3 solutions substantiating the stereospecific formation of chiral Delta-SAPR-(C4) configuration with the aid of Cs+...FC (fluorocarbon) interactions more clearly than the exciton CD spectra.