摘要:
A semirigid ligand, 1,4-bis(2-nonylbenzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (Nbenzbix), containing a long alkyl chain substituted stator and a rotating unit was designed and synthesized. Three dinuclear metallacycles [(Re(CO)(3))(mu-L) (mu-Nbenzbix)(Re(CO)(3))] (1, H-2-L = H-2-dhnq = 6,11-dihydroxy-5,12-naphthacenedione; 2, H-2-L = H-2-dhaq = 1,4-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone; and 3, H-2-L = H-2-CA = 2,5-dichloro-3,6-dihydroxy-p-benzoquinone) were synthesized from Re-2(CO)(10), Nbenzbix, and H-2-L units. Compounds 1-3 and the ligand Nbenzbix were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-TR, and H-1 NMR spectroscopy. Compound 1 was further characterized by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The dynamic properties of 1-3 in solution were studied using variable-temperature H-1 NMR spectroscopy, and the findings indicate that the p-phenylene unit in the metallacycle rotates in solution. To prevent the stator units from undergoing conformational changes due to the syn/anti arrangement of the benzirnidazolyl units, a long-chain alkyl group was introduced at the 2-position of the benzimidazolyl unit. Molecular modeling calculations indicate that the energy barrier for the p-phenylene rotating unit in the metallacycle would be very low. Hence, these neutral metallacycles can be regarded as surface-mounted altitudinal rotors in which the bischelating unit is related to the surface, the nonylbenzimidazolyl units are related to the stators, and the p-phenylene is related to the rotating unit.