Coordination preferences of 3,3′-biisoxazolidines: A new kind of conformationally flexible chelating ligand
摘要:
3,3'-Bi{2-methyl-5-Ar}isoxazolidines (Ar = 2-Py, L-1; Ph, L-2) were designed as new conformational flexible N-donor multidentates. They readily form complexes with metal ions and the coordination preferences of the ligands were characterized by means of H-1 NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. In the [(Cp*IrCl2)(2){L-1}] complex the ligand bridges two iridium ions employing pyridyl-N functions, while in [Cp*Ir(L-2)Cl]Cl and Cu{L-2}Cl-2 (.) CHCl3 the ligand forms five-membered chelates via the isoxazolidine nitrogen atoms. Tridentate coordination in [Ni{L-1}(H2O)(NO3)]NO3 supports formation of two chelates involving donors of two isoxazolidine and of pyridyl groups, with a facial arrangement of the binding sites around octahedral Ni ions. In associate [UO2(CH3OH)(2)(NO3)(2)] (.) L-1 the non-coordinating biisoxazolidine is involved in hydrogen bonding with molecular bis-methanol uranyl nitrate moieties. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.