Metal ion size and coordination mode in complexes of a β-diketiminate ligand with pendant quinoline arms
摘要:
A suite of late first row transition metal complexes has been synthesized using a monoanionic nitrogen donor beta-diketiminate ligand with quinolyl pendant arms, BDI(QQ)H (1). BDI(QQ)NiOTf (2), BDI(QQ)CuCl (4), BDI(QQ)ZnCl (5) were prepared from the reaction of 1 with Ni(OTf)(2), CuCl(2)center dot 2H(2)O and ZnCl(2), respectively. BDI(QQ)NiCl (3) was synthesized from an anion exchange of 2 with (n)Bu(4)NCl. Reaction of 1 and CoI(2) afforded the unexpected [(BDI(QQ))(2)Co](+)I (6). Through density functional theory (DFT) calculations, ligand geometries in BDIQQ complexes were investigated and it was found that smaller ionic radius and higher charge destabilize 1:1 metal-ligand complexes relative to alternative 1:2 complexes like 6 owing to significant conformational strain in 1:1 complexes involving metals with small ionic radii. Synthesis and characterization of these complexes, including crystal structures of 4 and 5, are reported, in addition to the results of DFT calculations. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.