Sandwich-type tetranuclear lanthanide complexes with cucurbit[6]uril: from molecular compounds to coordination polymers

Sandwich-type lanthanide complexes with macrocyclic ligand cucurbit[6]uril (C 36H 36N 24O 12, CB[6]) were synthesized under hydrothermal conditions from aqueous solutions of lanthanide(III) bromides, CB[6], and 4-cyanopyridine. According to X-ray analysis (Ln = La, Pr, Dy, Ho, Er, and Yb), the compounds with different structural types of lanthanide cores have a common fragment where the tetranuclear hydroxo complex is sandwiched between two macrocycles {(IN@CB[6])Ln 4(mu 3-OH) 4(IN@CB[6])} (6+) (IN = isonicotinate). The photoluminescence (for Ln = Eu) and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectra (for Ln = Pr, Dy, and Er) were studied. The compounds are used for the first time as precursors for the synthesis of lanthanide-silver heterometallic coordination polymers. The chainlike crystal structure of polymers (Ln = La, Pr, and Dy) is constituted by the sandwich complexes linked via the coordination of IN nitrogen atoms to the silver atoms.     

Thermal transformations of the supramolecular compound of cucurbit[8]uril with cobalt(III) complex {<Emphasis Type="Italic">trans</Emphasis>-[Co(en)<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cl<Subscript>2</Subscript>]@CB[8]}Cl·17 H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O

The thermal decomposition of hydrated cucurbit[8]uril C₄₈H₄₈N₃₂O₁₆·20H₂O (CB[8]) and the inclusion compound of cucurbit[8]uril with cobalt(III) complex {trans-[Co(en)₂Cl₂]@CB[8]}Cl·17 H₂O was studied in the inert atmosphere by TG, TM, and DSC methods. The dehydration of (C₄₈H₄₈N₃₂O₁₆)·20H₂O (at 320–390 K), and the decomposition of cucurbituril itself (at 620–720 K) are accompanied by a decrease in the sample volume. The inclusion compound loses water molecules at 320–380 K; dehydration is accompanied by an increase in the sample volume. The decomposition (pyrolisis) of the anhydrous compound takes place at 620–720 K; the decomposition is forestalled by a continued increase in the sample volume with an endothermic peak (490–600 K), and only the mass loss (620–720 K) is accompanied by a decrease in the sample volume. The included guest complex does not lose amines until the decomposition process is complete; the previously observed increase in the sample volume is explained by the expansion of cavitand molecules due to a distortion of the included [Co(en)₂Cl₂]⁺ complex on heating.     

Synthesis, structure, and properties of nitronyl nitroxyl tetraradical with calix[4]arene framework

A reaction of calix[4]arene tetraaldehyde with 2,3-bis(hydroxyamino)-2,3-dimethylbutane in DMF resulted in the corresponding 1,3-dihydroxyimidazolidine tetraadduct, whose oxidation gave a calix[4]arene (1,3-alternate) bearing four nitronyl nitroxyl-containing substituents at the upper rim.     

Synthesis and structure of chiral coordination polymers of CoII, CuII, and MgII saccharates

Chiral metal-organic coordination polymers [Co₂(sacch)₂]·1/₂H₂O·CH₃OH (1), [Cu(sacch)(H₂O)₂]·3H₂O (2), and [Mg(H₂O)₃(sacch)] (3) (H₂sacch is d-saccharic acid) were synthesized from aqueous or water-methanol solutions of potassium hydrogen saccharate and a salt of the corresponding metal. The compositions and structures of the resulting compounds were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and confirmed by X-ray powder diffraction, IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, and elemental analysis.     

Inclusion of nickel(<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">II</Emphasis>) and copper(<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">II</Emphasis>) complexes with aliphatic polyamines in cucurbit[8]uril

The inclusion compound of macrocyclic cavitand cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) with the nickel(II) complex containing the tetraazamacrocyclic ligand cyclam, {[Ni(cyclam)]@CB[8]}Cl₂··16H₂O (1), and the inclusion compounds of CB[8] with the copper(II) bis-ethylene-diamine complex, {trans-[Cu(en)₂(H₂O)₂]@CB[8]}Cl₂·{CB[8]}·42H₂O (2a) and {trans-[Cu(en)₂(H₂O)₂]@CB[8]}Cl₂·17H₂O (2b), were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, IR and ESR spectroscopy, and electrospray mass spectrometry. Guest—host inclusion compounds can be directly synthesized starting from a metal complex and cucurbit[8]uril, as was exemplified by the preparation of compounds 2a and 2b.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2414–2419, November, 2004.     

3D Metal–Organic Frameworks Based on Co(II) and Bithiophendicarboxylate: Synthesis,Crystal Structures,Gas Adsorption,and Magnetic Properties

Three new 3D metal-organic porous frameworks based on Co(II) and 2,2′-bithiophen-5,5′-dicarboxylate (btdc²⁻) [Co₃(btdc)₃(bpy)₂]·4DMF, 1; [Co₃(btdc)₃(pz)(dmf)₂]·4DMF·1.5H₂O, 2; [Co₃(btdc)₃(dmf)₄]∙2DMF∙2H₂O, 3 (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridyl, pz = pyrazine, dmf = N,N-dimethylformamide) were synthesized and structurally characterized. All compounds share the same trinuclear carboxylate building units {Co₃(RCOO)₆}, connected either by btdc^2– ligands (1, 3) or by both btdc^2– and pz bridging ligands (2). The permanent porosity of 1 was confirmed by N₂, O₂, CO, CO₂, CH₄ adsorption measurements at various temperatures (77 K, 273 K, 298 K), resulted in BET surface area 667 m²⋅g⁻¹ and promising gas separation performance with selectivity factors up to 35.7 for CO₂/N₂, 45.4 for CO₂/O₂, 20.8 for CO₂/CO, and 4.8 for CO₂/CH₄. The molar magnetic susceptibilities χ_p(T) were measured for 1 and 2 in the temperature range 1.77–330 K at magnetic fields up to 10 kOe. The room-temperature values of the effective magnetic moments for compounds 1 and 2 are μ_eff (300 K) ≈ 4.93 μ_B. The obtained results confirm the mainly paramagnetic nature of both compounds with some antiferromagnetic interactions at low-temperatures T < 20 K in 2 between the Co(II) cations separated by short pz linkers. Similar conclusions were also derived from the field-depending magnetization data of 1 and 2.     

SYNTHESIS,CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY PROPERTIES OF Cu-COMPOUND BY RIGID LIGAND

Journal of Structural Chemistry - A new novel Cu(II) compound formulated as Cu(C4N6H4)2Cl2 (1) (C4N6H4&nbsp;=&nbsp;1H-3,4′-bi-1,2,4-triazole) is successfully synthesized by a...     

Synthesis and crystal structure of new coordination polymers based on sodium aqua complexes and macrocyclic cavitand cucurbit[6]uril

The crystals of the compounds [Na₄(H₂O)₁₄CB[6]](bdc)₂ · 13H₂O (1) and [Na₆(H₂O)₁₉CB[6]]-(bdc)₃ ·15H₂O (2) were obtained by heating an aqueous solution of sodium terephthalate (Na₂bdc) and cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6]). According to the single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, the sodium aqua complexes and cucurbit[6]uril molecules form chains (in structure 1) and layered metal-organic frameworks (in structure 2). The structures of the sodium aqua complexes [Na₃(H₂O)₁₀]³⁺ in 1 and [Na₆(H₂O)₁₉]³⁺ in 2 have been previously unknown. When submitted to ultraviolet radiation, crystals of 1 and 2 exhibit luminescence with an emission maximum at 428 and 434 nm, respectively.

     

Synthesis, structures, and properties of molybdenum and tungsten chalcogenide cubane complexes (NH4)6[M4Q4(CN)12]·6H2O (M=Mo or W; Q=S or Se)

Four new chalcogenide molybdenum and tungsten cubane clusters (NH₄)₆[M₄Q₄(CN)₁₂]·6H₂O (M=Mo or W; Q=S or Se) were prepared by high-temperature reactions of the triangular M₃O₇Br₄ complexes with KCN at 430 °C followed by crystallization from aqueous solutions of ammonium acetate. The molecular and crystal structures of (NH₄)₆[Mo₄S₄(CN)₁₂]·6H₂O, (NH₄)₆[W₄S₄(CN)₁₂]·6H₂O, and (NH₄)₆[W₄Se₄(CN)₁₂]·6H₂O were established by X-ray diffraction analysis. The mixed-valence cubane clusters are diamagnetic and isostructural and have the symmetryT _d . The clusters were characterized by IR and electronic spectroscopy. The data of cyclic voltammetry demonstrated that the [M₄Q₄(CN)₁₂] ⁿ⁻ clusters exist in three oxidation states from the most oxidized (n=6; 10 cluster electrons) to the most reduced electron-precise 12-electron species (n=8). Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 18–24, January, 2000.