Issue 24, 2002

Building layered structures from hydrogen bonded molecular units and 1D metal phosphonate chains: synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-ethylenediamine-bis(methylenephosphonic acid), its Ni(ii) and Pb(ii) complexes

Abstract

The diphosphonic acid, N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-ethylenediamine-bis(methylenephosphonic acid) (H4L) 1, along with its Ni(II) and Pb(II) complexes, have been synthesized and structurally determined. The structure of the diphosphonic acid features a 2D layer built from the molecular units interconnected by hydrogen bonds between phosphonate oxygen atoms and/or nitrogen atoms. Upon complexing with the Ni(II) ion, the diphosphonic acid acts as a tetradentate chelating ligand (2N, 2O), forming Ni(H2L)(H2O)22 molecular units, such units are also interconnected into a hydrogen bonded double layer via hydrogen bonds between uncoordinated phosphonate oxygen atoms. The ligand in Pb(H2L) 3 also chelates with a Pb(II) ion tetradentately, however, neighboring Pb(H2L) units are interconnected into a one-dimensional chain along the c-axis by a pair of μ2-chelating and bridging phosphonate oxygen atoms. Such chains are further interconnected into a 3D network via hydrogen bonds between uncoordinated phosphonate oxygen atoms. These structures demonstrate the important role of hydrogen bonds in the chemistry of divalent metal phosphonates.

Graphical abstract: Building layered structures from hydrogen bonded molecular units and 1D metal phosphonate chains: synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-ethylenediamine-bis(methylenephosphonic acid), its Ni(ii) and Pb(ii) complexes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Jul 2002
Accepted
14 Oct 2002
First published
12 Nov 2002

J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 4541-4546

Building layered structures from hydrogen bonded molecular units and 1D metal phosphonate chains: synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-ethylenediamine-bis(methylenephosphonic acid), its Ni(II) and Pb(II) complexes

J. Mao, Z. Wang and A. Clearfield, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 4541 DOI: 10.1039/B206343N

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