Calculation of geometric parameters of macrocyclic metal chelates formed by template synthesis in tertiary systems M(II) ion-ethanedithioamide-formaldehyde-ammonia

The geometric parameters of macrotricyclic Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) complexes with 2,8-dithio-3,5,7-triazanonanedithioamide-1,9 with the (N,N,S,S) coordination of the chelant donor centers (formed by template synthesis in the M(II)-ethanedithioamide-formaldehyde-ammonia system) have been calculated by the hybrid B3LYP density functional theory method with the use of the 6-31G(d) basis set and the Gaussian 98 program package. The bond lengths and bond angles in the complexes with the MN₂S₂ coordination core have been reported. Calculations demonstrated that in none of the complexes are the five-membered chelate rings planar and that these rings in the Zn(II) complex are significantly different. For all M(II) ions under consideration, an additional six-membered chelate ring resulting from template cross-linking is turned at a rather large angle to the two five-membered rings and this ring itself is nonplanar.