Expanded Mercaptocalixarenes: A New Kind of Macrocyclic Ligands for Stabilization of Polynuclear Thiolate Clusters |
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Authors: | Dr. Frederik Schleife Dr. Clément Bonnot Dr. Jean-Claude Chambron Dr. Martin Börner Prof. Dr. Berthold Kersting |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany;2. Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne, UMR 6302 of the CNRS and the University Bourgogne – Franche-Comté, 9, rue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon, France |
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Abstract: | The syntheses and properties of expanded 4-tert-butyl-mercaptocalix[4]arenes, in which the methylene linkers are replaced by −CH2NRCH2− or −CH2NRCH2− and −CH2NRCH2CH2CH2NRCH2− units, are described. The new macrocycles were obtained in a step-wise manner, utilizing fully protected, i. e. S-alkylated, derivatives of the oxidation-sensitive thiophenols in the cyclisation steps. Reductive cleavage of the macrobicyclic or macrotricyclic intermediates ( 6 , 7 , 11 ) afforded the free thiophenols (H4 8 , H4 9 , and H4 12 ) in preparative yields as their hydrochloride salts. The protected proligands can exist in two conformations, resembling the “cone” and “1,3-alternate” conformations found for the parent calix[4]arenes. The free macrocycles do not show conformational isomerism, but are readily oxidized forming intramolecular disulfide linkages. Preliminary complexation experiments show that these expanded mercaptocalixarenes can serve as supporting ligands for tetranuclear thiolato clusters. |
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Keywords: | coordination chemistry expanded mercaptocalix[4]arenes synthesis X-ray crystallography |
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