FORMATION OF 2-PYRIDINYL-2-OXAZOLINES AND PYRIDINE-2-CARBOXAMIDINE IN THE COORDINATION SPHERE OF COPPER(II)

Abstract

The reaction of pyridine-2-carbonitrile (2-CNpy) with 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol (L¹) and 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (L²) in methanolic solutions of anhydrous copper(II) chloride at room temperature led to the formation of solid complexes containing 2-(2-pyridinyl)-4,4-bis(hydroxynmethyl)-2-oxazoline (pyoxaL¹) and 2-(2-pyridinyl)-4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazoline (pyoxaL²), respectively. With copper(II) bromide instead of copper(II) chloride, along with the oxazoline complexes, the complex dibromo-bis(pyridine-2-carbox-amidine)copper(II) was isolated. Under several hour reflux, the complexes dihalogenobis(pyridine-2-carboxamidine)copper(II) are the only isolable products both for chloride and bromide starting salts. The stereochemistry of the complexes and the mode of ligand coordination have been determined by spectroscopic and conductometric measurements. The crystal structure of bromobis[(2-(2-pyridinyl)-4,4-dimethyl)-2-oxazoline]copper(II) bromide hydrate was solved by X-ray diffraction techniques. The mechanism of 2-CNpy transformation to the final products is proposed.