Molybdenum carbonyl complexes of pendant-arm polyazamacrocycles

Abstract

Molybdenum hexacarbonyl reacted with the pendant-arm macrocycles 10-methyl-1,4,8,12-tetraazacyclopentadecane-10-amine (L¹) and trans-6,13-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-6,13-diamine (L²) in the absence of air to form complexes fac-[MoL¹(CO)₃] and [Mo₂L²(CO)₈] respectively. The mononuclear complex has the macrocycle bound in a tridentate manner, including the pendant primary amine, whereas the dinuclear complex exhibits a bridging bis(didentate) co-ordination mode, again involving the pendant primary amines. Structures have been defined by crystal structure analyses. The preferential binding of the pendant primary amines rather than additional secondary amines parallels similar behaviour observed earlier with some mercury(II) and rhodium(III) complexes, and points to the important general role of this pendant, despite being fused directly to the macrocyclic ring, in metal-ion binding.

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