Lm Engelhardt

The Synthesis and Structure of Encapsulating Ligands: Properties of Bicyclic Hexamines

Template syntheses based on tris (ethane-1,2-diamine)cobalt(III) lead to cobalt(III) complexes of cage hexamines of the sarcophagine type ( sarcophagine = sar = 3,6,10,13,16,19- hexaazabicyclo [6.6.6] icosane ) rapidly and in high yield. Reduction of these species to their cobalt(II) forms enables the ligands to be removed in concentrated acids at elevated temperatures, and in hot aqueous solutions containing excess cyanide ion. The free sarcophagine and 1,8-diaminosarcophagine [(NH2)2sar or diamsar] ligands are strong bases, accepting up to four and five protons, respectively, in aqueous solution. In chloride medium, I = 1.0, at 298 K, pK1 = 11.95, pK2 = 10.33, pK3 = 7.17, pK4 ≈ 0 for sarcophagine , and pK1 = 11.44, pK2 = 9.64, pK3 = 6.49, pK4 = 5.48, pK5 ≈ 0 for diaminosarcophagine , with very similar values being found for triflate medium. Crystal structure determinations for both free bases, the chloride, sulfate, perchlorate and nitrate salts of diamsar , the complex of zinc chloride with sar, and the magnesium nitrate complex with diamsar show remarkably small variations in the cavity defined by the bicyclic ligands, though relatively subtle bond length and bond angle changes can be rationalized in terms of the effects of proton and metal ion binding. Exhaustive methylation of sarcophagine produces the highly lipophilic, hexatertiary base hexamethylsarcophagine , which, in the solid state, adopts quite different conformations and nitrogen-atom configurations to those of sar itself. All the ligands rapidly form metal ion complexes of generally exceptional kinetic and thermodynamic stability.

Syntheses and Structures of Manganese(II) and Manganese (III) Nitrate Diaminosarcophagine Complexes

The syntheses of [ Mn ((NH3)2sar)](NO3)4.H2O and [ Mn ((NH3)2sar)](NO3)5.2H2O, manganese(II) and manganese(III) complexes of the cage amine ligand diaminosarcophagine ( di-aminosarcophagine = (NH2)2sar = 1,8-diamino-3,6,10,13,16,19-hexaazabicyclo[6.6.6] icosane ) in its diprotonated form are recorded, together with their single-crystal X-ray structure determinations at c. 295 K. The monoclinic P21 array of the manganese(II) complex (a 12.386(5), b 12.431(4), c 8.598(4) Ǻ, β 93.89(4)°, V 1321(1) Ǻ3,Z 2) is archetypical for similar complexes of a wide variety of transition metals; for the present determination, R was 0.027 for 2013 observed (I > 3σ(I)) reflections. The manganese(III) complex is monoclinic C 2/c, a 10.744(2), b 13.294(4), c 20.462(9) Ǻ, β 102.38(3)°, Z 4; R was 0.055 for 1629 observed reflections. Both structures show the six secondary nitrogen atoms of the ligand to be bound to the manganese ion in a configuration approximately halfway between a trigonal prism and an octahedron. The ligand is in the lel3 conformation. In the first complex, Mn -N distances, appropriate to high-spin manganese(II), range from 2.228(3) to 2.253(3) Ǻ, mean 2.238 Ǻ; in the second, surprisingly, the distances are even more closely ranged (unlike those of the sarcophagine analogue of the previous paper), 2.115(4)-2.127(4) Ǻ, the mean (2.122 Ǻ) being closely comparable to that recorded for the sar analogue, and show no appreciable variation attributable to the expected Jahn-Teller effect.

Synthesis, Structure and Redox Properties of Nickel Complexes of Cage Amine Ligands

The syntheses of complexes containing the [Ni( sar )]2+/3+ and [Ni((NH3)2sar)]4+ ions are described along with an X-ray crystal structure analysis of the salt [Ni((NH3)2sar)] (NO3)4.H2O ( sar is 3,6,10,13,16,19-hexaazabicyclo[6.6.6] icosane ; (NH3)2sar2+ is its 1,8-diammonio derivative). The NiIII ion is a powerful oxidant, with E′ = 0.90 V (v. n.h.e. at 298 K, I = 0.2, aqueous trifluoromethanesulfonate medium), but is relatively stable in dilute aqueous acid. Both the NiII and NiIII complexes of sar have been resolved into their enantiomeric forms, and their absorption, optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism spectra recorded and partly analysed. The electron self-exchange rate between enantiomeric forms in the different oxidation states has been measured by a stopped-flow circular dichroism method, and ket = (5.3±0.3)×103 dm3 mol-1 s-1 at 298 K, I = 0.2 (NaCF3SO3). The activation parameters, ΔH‡ 22±4 kJ mol-1 and ΔS‡ -100±12 J K-1 mol-1, and the rate constants are consistent with the comparatively small rearrangements required in the structures of the two ions relative to the optimal cavity radius for the cage of 2.05(1) Ǻ.

Synthetic and Structural Studies of Binuclear Organopalladium(II) Complexes Including a Bis(pyridin-2-yl)phenylmethyl Complex With Four- and Eight-Membered Palladocycle Rings, trans(N,N)-(Pd(μ-Py2PhC-N,N',C')Cl)2.½CH2Cl2.½Me2CO

The byridin-2-yl) phenylchloromethanes PyPh2CCl and Py2PhCCl undergo oxidative addition reactions with bis ( dibenzylideneacetone )palladium(0) to form {Pd(PyPh2C) Cl }2 (1) and {Pd(Py2PhC)C}2.½2CH2Cl2.½Me2CO (2), respectively. n.m.r , studies of (1) in CDCl3 indicate presence of an equilibrium between two isomers, involving the ligand (pyridin-2-yl ) diphenylmethyl in η3-coordination, {Pd(η3-PyPh2C)(μ- Cl )}2. Complex (2) has two bis (pyridin-2-yl) phenylmethyl groups present as bridging N,C′- ligands , with the groups also N,C- bidentate to each palladium, to form a binuclear compex containing four- and eight- membered palladocycles: PdC(CN)CNPdC(CN)CNBoth palladium(II) centres in (2) have square-planar trans-PdCN2Cl coordination, so that (2) may be represented as trans(N,N)-{Pd(μ- Py2PhC-N,N′, C′) Cl }2.½CH2Cl2.½Me2CO. A complex similar to (2), trans(N,N)-{Pd(μ- PyPhCH -N,C?)( γmpy ) Cl }2.CH2Cl2 (3), forms on reaction of the lithium derivative of 2-benzylpyridine, Li( PyPhCH ), with dichlorobis (4-methylpyridine)palladium(II); (3) reacts with excess 2-benzylpyridine with displacement of γmpy to form trans(N,N)-{Pd(μ- PyPhCH -N,C?)(PyPhCH2) Cl }2 (4). In developing an alternative isolation procedure for (3), involving column chromatography with 4% ethyl acetate in chloroform, the coordination complex trans- bis{1-phenyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)prop-1-en-2-olato-O,N}palladium(II), Pd{( PyPhC )C(Me)O}2 (5), was isolated in low yield. X-Ray structural studies of (2)-(5) have been completed, with all four complexes crystallizing in the monoclinic system; (2): space group P21/c, a 9.649(6), b 21.116(9), c 18.627(7)Ǻ,β 111.42(4)°, Z 4; (3): P21/c, a 13.967(2), b 13.996(3), c 18.886(2)Ǻ, β 98.74(1)°, Z 4; (4): P21/n, a 14.274(9), b 14.584(14), c 20.97(2)Ǻ, β 109.18(5)°, Z 4; (5): P21/c, a 15.184(3), b 7.887(6), c 19.240(2)Ǻ, β 97.51(1)°, Z 4.

Structure and magnetism of cubic low-spin 4d5[RuIII(NH3)6]Br[SO4]

The structure of [Ru(NH3)6]Br[SO4] is reported at ca. 295 K. The space group is cubic Fmm with the ruthenium atom lying at a site of Oh symmetry. There is considerable disorder, particularly involving the sulfate ion, and this implies substantial rotational–translational coupling. The Ru–N bond length is 210.7(7) and the N–H length 100(3) pm. The magnetic susceptibility is reported from 4.5 to 300 K. The ESR spectrum between 105 and 300 K showed a g value of 1.926(5). A simple molecular-orbital model involving the π-covalence parameter kπ,π, spin-orbit coupling for the ruthenium(III) atom and small magnetic exchange completely accounted for the susceptibility and ESR spectroscopic experiments. However, the reduction of kπ,π from unity to 0.94 should be attributed to sources other than π covalence, given further theoretical and experimental evidence.