Thermodynamically controlled products: novel motif of metallohelicates stabilized by inter- and intra-helix hydrogen bonds
摘要:
Two temperature and/or time dependent self-assembly processes of maleic dianion (male), thiourea and zinc(II) or cadmium(II) ions have been studied. By prolonging the reaction time and heating, the kinetic product [{Zn(male)(tu)(H2O)}2]·4H2O 1 can be converted into the thermodynamic product [{Zn(male)(tu)2}n] 2. In the case of the Cd–maleate–tu system, the thermodynamic product with helical formation [{(male)Cd(tu)2}2(male)Cd(tu)(H2O)2]n4 was obtained from the kinetically controlled product [Cd(Hmale)2(tu)2(H2O)2] 3 by prolonging the reaction time. The thermodynamic helicate 2 bears a new metallohelicate motif in which the helical structure is induced and stabilized by interhelix hydrogen bonding. On the contrary, 4 also bears an infinite metallohelicate motif where the helix is induced and stabilized by intrahelix hydrogen bonding and a 3-D network is formed through hydrogen bonds and short S⋯S contacts among neighboring helixes. All the complexes were characterized by X-ray crystallography.