A new tetraiminodiphenol macrocyclic ligand and its two dicopper(II) complexes: Syntheses, crystal structures, electrochemistry and magnetochemistry

Autor(en)
Samit Majumder, Michel Fleck, C. Robert Lucas, Sasankasekhar Mohanta
Abstrakt

This paper deals with the diprotonated salt, [H4L](ClO4)2 (1), of the tetraiminodiphenolate macrocyclic ligand, H2L which is the [2 + 2] condensation product of 4-ethyl-2,6-diformylphenol and 2,2'-dimethyl-1,3-diaminopropane, and two diphenoxo-bridged dicopper(II) complexes [Cu2L(ClO4)2] (2) and [Cu2L(ClO4)](ClO4) (3). The syntheses, characterization and crystal structures of 1-3 and the magnetic and electrochemical properties of the metal complexes 2 and 3 are presented. The cationic macrocycle [H4L]2+ is stabilized by four intramolecular and symmetric Nsingle bondH-O-Hsingle bondN hydrogen bonds involving phenoxo oxygen and imino nitrogen atoms. One metal center in 3 is tetracoordinated and in a square planar geometry. The second metal ion of 3 and both the metal ions in 2 are pentacoordinated and in a square pyramidal geometry; one perchlorate oxygen atom occupies the apical position in each case. Both 2 and 3 exhibit quasireversible two-step one-electron couples in the reduction window. The E½ (?Ep) values (in mV) for the CuIICuII/CuIICuI couple is -0.466 V (0.067 V) for 2 and -0.490 V (0.076 V) for 3, while the E½ (?Ep) values (in mV) for the CuIICuI/CuICuI couple is -0.953 V (0.060 V) for 2 and -0.985 V (0.069 V) for 3. Variable-temperature (2-300 K) magnetic susceptibility measurements of the two compounds reveal that the metal centers in both of the complexes are coupled by strong antiferromagnetic interactions with 2J values (H = -JS1·S2) of -780 and -820 cm-1 for 2 and 3, respectively.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Calcutta, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Journal
Journal of Molecular Structure
Band
1020
Seiten
127-133
Anzahl der Seiten
7
ISSN
0022-2860
Publikationsdatum
2012
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105113 Kristallographie
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