Issue 2, 2010

Tautomerisation and hydrogen-bonding interactions in four-coordinate metal halide and azide complexes of N-donor-extended dipyrromethanes

Abstract

The synthesis and structures of Fe, Co, and Zn halide complexes [MX2(H2L)] (M = Fe, X = Br; M = Co, Zn, X = Cl) of the N-donor extended dipyrromethane ligand H2L are described, from which it is clear that bond rearrangements from imine-pyrrole to amine-azafulvene tautomers occur on metal co-ordination, both in the solid state and in solution. In the structure of [FeBr2(H2L)], this H-migration results in a pendant amine that is involved in both inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonds to the bromide ligands, so forming a dimer. As the tautomerisation renders the N–H protons less acidic, metal-based ligand substitution reactions can occur in favour of deprotonation. As such, the reaction between [MCl2(H2L)] (M = Co, Zn) and NaN3 results in the formation of the bis(azide) complexes [M(N3)2(H2L)] which for Co displays both inter- and intramolecular N–H⋯N3–Co hydrogen bonds in the solid state. In contrast, reactions of the dihalides with the lithium bases LiNMe2 or LiMe (M = Fe), or reduction reactions with C8K (M = Fe, Co) result in the formation of the known dinuclear helicates [M2(L)2].

Graphical abstract: Tautomerisation and hydrogen-bonding interactions in four-coordinate metal halide and azide complexes of N-donor-extended dipyrromethanes

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 May 2009
Accepted
31 Jul 2009
First published
24 Aug 2009

Dalton Trans., 2010,39, 418-425

Tautomerisation and hydrogen-bonding interactions in four-coordinate metal halide and azide complexes of N-donor-extended dipyrromethanes

S. D. Reid, C. Wilson, A. J. Blake and J. B. Love, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 418 DOI: 10.1039/B909842A

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