Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two New Macrocyclic Compounds

Two new macrocyclic compounds, [Cu2(L)2](ClO4)4·2CH3OH (1) and [Cu(L)](ClO4)2·2H2O (2) (L = 1,3,10,12,15,18-hexaazatetracyclodocosane) were synthesized by condensation reactions involving amines and formaldehyde in the presence of copper anion. Compound 1 crystallizes in triclinic, space group Pí with a = 10.442(2), b = 14.197(3), c = 17.388(4), α = 91.218(4), β = 90.69(3), γ = 93.756(4)o, V = 2520.4(9)3, Z = 2, F(000) = 1260, Dc = 1.589 Mg/m3, Mr = 1205.92, μ = 1.137 mm-1, λ = 0.71073, the final R = 0.0668 and wR = 0.1573 for 9703 observed reflections with I > 2σ(I). Compound 2 crystallizes in monoclinic, space group C2/c with a = 16.911(2), b = 11.4172(15), c = 27.059(4), β = 107.787(2)o, V = 4974.7(12)3, Z = 8, F(000) = 2504, Dc = 1.610 Mg/m3, Mr = 602.92, μ = 1.155 mm-1, λ = 0.71073, the final R = 0.0419 and wR = 0.1131 for 4374 observed reflections with I > 2σ(I).