| Abstract: | Polysulfonyl Amines. LXXIII. Metal(II) Dimesylamide Tetrahydrates: The Dimesylamide Anion as a Monodentate O-Ligand and a Tetrafunctional Hydrogen Bond Acceptor in the Isotypic Complexes M(H2O)4{(CH3SO2)2N}2], where M = Magnesium, Nickel, Copper, or Zinc By treating aqueous HN(SO2CH3)2 solutions with the appropriate metal hydroxides, oxides, or carbonates, the crystalline tetrahydrates M(CH3SO2)2N]2 · 4 H2O (M = Mg, Ca, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd) were obtained and analytically characterized. The crystal structures of the Mg, Ni, Cu and Zn compounds, as determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at low temperatures, reveal an isotypic series (triclinic, space group P1 , Z = 1). The structures consist of centrosymmetric trans-octahedral M(H2O)4{(CH3SO2)2N}2] molecules in which the anionic ligand acts as a monodentate O-donor. For the Mg, Ni and Zn complexes, the M? OH2 and M? O(anion) distances lie in the ranges 203–206 pm and 209–214 pm, respectively. The copper compound features a marked Jahn-Teller distortion with Cu? OH2 = 195.8 and 197.7 pm and Cu? O(anion) = 232.5 pm. The cis-angles O? M? O of the four molecules do not deviate appreciably from 90°. The complex units are associated through a highly organized three-dimensional hydrogen bond network in which all the water protons act as donors and the non-coordinating oxygen atoms and the nitrogen atom of the anionic ligand are involved as acceptors. The H-bond pattern is subjected to a graph-theoretical analysis at the first and second levels. |
