Synthesis of an Fe(II) dinuclear triple helicate from a novel -bis-(N-pyrazolyl)pyridine ligand, [Fe2L3]4+: solution and solid-state studies
摘要:
Reported herein is the preparation of a new -bis-bidentate ligand 4,4'-methylene-bis-(1-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole), L, which forms a dinuclear triple helicate complex [Fe2L3](4+), 1, on reaction with Fe(BF4)(2)center dot 6H(2)O in acetonitrile or nitromethane solution. The formation of 1 was studied by H-1 NMR and UV-vis spectroscopic titration experiments, which identified the existence of dinuclear triple-stranded species in solution (most likely the rac-helicate), and this was corroborated by electrospray mass-spectrometry experiment which demonstrated the presence of an [Fe2L3](4+) parent ion. Careful choice of crystallisation solvents has allowed the isolation of two solvate species with different solid-state structures: [Fe2L3]center dot 4(BF4)center dot 1.3(H2O), 1A, in which the helicates pack efficiently via anion-pi interactions along the helical axis and direct pi-pi stacking via parallel fourfold aryl embrace interactions, giving rise to narrow 1D solvent channels; and [Fe2L3]center dot 4(BF4)center dot 6MeNO(2)center dot 2C(6)H(6)center dot 4H(2)O, 1B, in which the inter-molecular interactions observed in 1A are disrupted by heavy solvation and the inclusion of several benzene molecules which interact by pi-pi overlap with the helicate complex, resulting in less efficient packing of the helicate and a more open lattice.
Synthesis of an Fe(II) dinuclear triple helicate from a novel -bis-(N-pyrazolyl)pyridine ligand, [Fe2L3]4+: solution and solid-state studies
摘要:
Reported herein is the preparation of a new -bis-bidentate ligand 4,4'-methylene-bis-(1-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole), L, which forms a dinuclear triple helicate complex [Fe2L3](4+), 1, on reaction with Fe(BF4)(2)center dot 6H(2)O in acetonitrile or nitromethane solution. The formation of 1 was studied by H-1 NMR and UV-vis spectroscopic titration experiments, which identified the existence of dinuclear triple-stranded species in solution (most likely the rac-helicate), and this was corroborated by electrospray mass-spectrometry experiment which demonstrated the presence of an [Fe2L3](4+) parent ion. Careful choice of crystallisation solvents has allowed the isolation of two solvate species with different solid-state structures: [Fe2L3]center dot 4(BF4)center dot 1.3(H2O), 1A, in which the helicates pack efficiently via anion-pi interactions along the helical axis and direct pi-pi stacking via parallel fourfold aryl embrace interactions, giving rise to narrow 1D solvent channels; and [Fe2L3]center dot 4(BF4)center dot 6MeNO(2)center dot 2C(6)H(6)center dot 4H(2)O, 1B, in which the inter-molecular interactions observed in 1A are disrupted by heavy solvation and the inclusion of several benzene molecules which interact by pi-pi overlap with the helicate complex, resulting in less efficient packing of the helicate and a more open lattice.