Issue 10, 2007

A new Cu(ii) [12]metallocrown-4 pentanuclear complex based on a Cu(ii)-malonomonohydroxamic acid unit

Abstract

The first example of a Cu(II) [12]-MC-4 hydroxamic metallacrown compound containing a carboxyl group as a supporting donor function is described. The solution equilibria of malonomonohydroxamic acid (MACZ, H2L) with Cu(II) are investigated in aqueous solution using a combination of potentiometry, UV-vis absorption spectrophotometry, EPR spectroscopy and ESI mass spectrometry. Among the four complexes fitting the best speciation model ([CuL], [Cu5L4H−4]2−, [CuL2]2− and [CuL2H−1]3−), a pentameric metallacrown molecule of composition Cu : L = 5 : 4 predominates in solution over the pH 4 to 11 range, and the corresponding complex was isolated in the solid state. The crystallization of the complex [Cu5L4H−4]2− in the presence of [Cu(en)2(H2O)2]2+ cations resulted in the isolation of [Cu(en)2(H2O)2]n[Cu(en)2(H2O)(μ-H2O){Cu5(L4H−4)(H2O)3}2]n·20nH2O (1), whose crystal structure has been determined by X-ray analysis. The structure of 1 consists of centrosymmetric complex cations [Cu(en)2(H2O)2]2+, infinite complex anionic chains [Cu(en)2(H2O)(μ-H2O){Cu5(L4H−4)(H2O)3}2]n2n and solvate water molecules. Within the complex anionic chains, the decanuclear double-decked bis([12]-MC-4) complex anions {Cu5(L4H−4)(H2O)3}24− are united by the [Cu(en)2(H2O)2]2+ complex cations due to the bridging function of the axial water molecule O(5). The magnetic behaviour of 1, studied in the temperature range 1.8–300 K, suggests the presence of both antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic contributions to the observed magnetic susceptibility, resulting in a ground state of S = 2 per formula unit.

Graphical abstract: A new Cu(ii) [12]metallocrown-4 pentanuclear complex based on a Cu(ii)-malonomonohydroxamic acid unit

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Feb 2007
Accepted
01 Jun 2007
First published
02 Jul 2007

New J. Chem., 2007,31, 1798-1805

A new Cu(II) [12]metallocrown-4 pentanuclear complex based on a Cu(II)-malonomonohydroxamic acid unit

E. Gumienna-Kontecka, I. A. Golenya, N. M. Dudarenko, A. Dobosz, M. Haukka, I. O. Fritsky and J. Swiatek-Kozlowska, New J. Chem., 2007, 31, 1798 DOI: 10.1039/B701600J

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