Issue 3, 2009

Design of grafted copper complex in mesoporous silica in defined coordination, hydrophobicity and confinement states

Abstract

A bio-inspired synthesis of a silica grafted polydentate copper(II) complex is developed following the structural concept of metalloproteins where well defined metal ion coordination state, hydrophobic environment and confined space are present. Mesostructured porous silica of MCM-41 type replaces the proteic matrix while the pore surface is engineered according to a molecular stencil patterning technique combining both partial hydrophobization and site isolation in order to mimic the enzymatic cavity. The overall five-step synthesis includes the sol–gel formation of the silica matrix followed by partial removal of the structure directing agent and, sequential surface chemical modifications. This new methodology is illustrated here using trimethylsilyl functions to dilute bromopropylsilyl tripod tethers that undergo, directly in the pores, in a subsequent step nucleophilic substitution by a tetradentate ligand N,N′-bis(2-pyridinylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine (L42). The metallation of the grafted ligand is obtained in the final step by merely contacting the solid with copper(II) chloride or triflate ethanolic solutions. Different techniques such as powder XRD, N2 adsorption–desorption, elemental analysis, IR, XPS, EPR and EXAFS were combined together with an emphasis on quantification to reach a quasi-molecular description at each functionalisation step of the internal surface of the materials.

Graphical abstract: Design of grafted copper complex in mesoporous silica in defined coordination, hydrophobicity and confinement states

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Jul 2008
Accepted
26 Sep 2008
First published
05 Jan 2009

New J. Chem., 2009,33, 484-496

Design of grafted copper complex in mesoporous silica in defined coordination, hydrophobicity and confinement states

S. Abry, A. Thibon, B. Albela, P. Delichère, F. Banse and L. Bonneviot, New J. Chem., 2009, 33, 484 DOI: 10.1039/B813031K

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