Dimetal complexes of a bibrachial 2+2 thiolate-based macrocycle
摘要:
Protocols for accessing the [2 + 3] and [2 + 2] tren + thiophenolate-based cryptands and macrocycles, respectively, have been devised; however, a propensity towards incomplete crypt formation is clear: Cd(II)(2), Mn(II)(2), Ni(II)(2) and Pd(II)(2) complexes of the [2 + 2] bibrachial systems in which one arm of each of the tren head groups is pendant were isolated in attempts to make the crypts. The Mn(II) 2 complex can be used in transmetallation reactions and these probably occur in a stepwise fashion for the heavier, softer metal ions since the plausible intermediates Mn(II) M(II), M = Cd, Pd, were identified. There is evidence for the formation of [2 + 3] cryptand systems using templating Ag(I) and Cd(II); however, reaction conditions need to be strictly controlled to ensure isolation of either the [2 + 3] cryptand or the [2 + 2] macrocyclic complex since ensuing reactions leading to intractable oligomers are competing. The template and transmetallation experiments described here emphasise the relatively greater hydrolytic sensitivity of the thiophenol-derived imino macrocycles and crypts than their better-known phenol-based counterparts.
Dimetal complexes of a bibrachial 2+2 thiolate-based macrocycle
摘要:
Protocols for accessing the [2 + 3] and [2 + 2] tren + thiophenolate-based cryptands and macrocycles, respectively, have been devised; however, a propensity towards incomplete crypt formation is clear: Cd(II)(2), Mn(II)(2), Ni(II)(2) and Pd(II)(2) complexes of the [2 + 2] bibrachial systems in which one arm of each of the tren head groups is pendant were isolated in attempts to make the crypts. The Mn(II) 2 complex can be used in transmetallation reactions and these probably occur in a stepwise fashion for the heavier, softer metal ions since the plausible intermediates Mn(II) M(II), M = Cd, Pd, were identified. There is evidence for the formation of [2 + 3] cryptand systems using templating Ag(I) and Cd(II); however, reaction conditions need to be strictly controlled to ensure isolation of either the [2 + 3] cryptand or the [2 + 2] macrocyclic complex since ensuing reactions leading to intractable oligomers are competing. The template and transmetallation experiments described here emphasise the relatively greater hydrolytic sensitivity of the thiophenol-derived imino macrocycles and crypts than their better-known phenol-based counterparts.