Issue 11, 1973

Metal ion complexes of 5,12-dimethyl-7,14-diphenyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclotetradeca-4,11-diene. Part I. Some nickel(II) and copper(II) compounds

Abstract

Preparations and properties of nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of the tetra-aza macrocycle (1) formed by reaction of benzylideneacetone with diaminoethane are reported. Stereochemical evidence favouring assignment of the structure 5,12-dimethyl-7,14-diphenyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-azacyclotetradeca-4,11-diene for (1), present in the trans-trans-meso-configuration, is presented. Compounds with two configurations of the cation [Ni(1)]2+ arising from the chiral co-ordinated secondary amino-groups were isolated. The β(N-meso) configuration is optimum for planar bcde-co-ordination and singlet ground-state square-planar salts [Ni(β1)]X2, X = ClO4, BF4, I, and 0·5ZnCl42– and trans-octahedral triplet ground-state compounds trans-[Ni(β1)X2], X = Cl, NCS, CH3CO2, or NO3 and trans-[Ni(β1)(NH3)(H2O)](ClO4)2 were prepared. The α(N-rac) configuration is optimum for folded abcd-co-ordination and triplet ground-state compounds with chelates occupying the ef co-ordination sites, [Ni(α1)en](ClO4)2, [Ni(α1)acac]ClO4, and [{Ni(α1)}2C2O4](ClO4)2 were prepared. Treatment of these compounds with acid removed the chelate by protonation while preserving the α configuration to give square planar salts [Ni(α1)](ClO4)2 and [Ni(α1)]ZnCl4, metastable with respect to their β configurational isomers. The co-ordination stereochemistry of (1) is discussed and 1H n.m.r., i.r., and d-d electronic spectra are reported. It is concluded that the metastability of the α configuration of (1) in planar co-ordination arises from strain introduced by the presence of a phenyl group as an axial substituent on one six-membered chelate ring. The compounds [Cu(β1)]X2, X = ClO4, NO3, or NCS and [Cu(β1)]Cl2,4H2O are assigned tetragonal structures. The i.r. spectra of the perchlorate and nitrate indicate weak metal-anion interactions.

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J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1973, 1160-1167

Metal ion complexes of 5,12-dimethyl-7,14-diphenyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclotetradeca-4,11-diene. Part I. Some nickel(II) and copper(II) compounds

D. F. Cook, N. F. Curtis and R. W. Hay, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1973, 1160 DOI: 10.1039/DT9730001160

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