Effect of ligand substituents on supramolecular self-assembly and electrochemical properties of copper(II) complexes with benzoylhydrazones: X-ray crystal structures and cyclic voltammetry
作者:Dariusz Matoga、Janusz Szklarzewicz、Wojciech Nitek
DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2012.02.007
日期:2012.4
Complexation of copper(II) with a series of hetero-donor chelating Schiff bases (HLLR) of para-substituted benzhydrazides (with R = OH, NO2, CH3O, Cl and tert-butyl substituents) and acetone affords mononuclear [Cu(LLR)(2)] molecules: 1 [Cu(anbhz)(2)] (R = NO2); 2 [Cu(ahbhz)(2)] (R = OH) 3 [Cu(ambhz)(2)] (R = CH3O); 4 [Cu(acbhz)(2)] (R = Cl); and 5 [Cu(atbhz)(2)] (R = tert-butyl). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction results for 2-5 reveal their various supramolecular architectures including 1D and 2D dimensionalities. A detailed analysis of crystal structures allows to gain insight into intermolecular interactions accountable for self-assembly into different networks as well as for various physicochemical properties of the compounds. The major interactions include O-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonds (2) as well as CH center dot center dot center dot N and axial Cu center dot center dot center dot O (3); pi center dot center dot center dot pi stacking (4) and van der Waals CH center dot center dot center dot C interactions (5). All compounds are characterized by elemental analyses; IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy as well as magnetic susceptibility and cyclic voltammetry measurements. Electrochemical studies reveal the dependence of [Cu(LLR)(2)]/[Cu(LLR)(2)](-) reduction potentials on substituents of benzoylhydrazonoate ligands. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.