Control of the stereochemistry of four-co-ordinate copper(II) complexes by pyridinecarboxamide ligands: crystal structure, spectral and redox properties
作者:Manabendra Ray、Rabindranath Mukherjee、John F. Richardson、Mark S. Mashuta、Robert M. Buchanan
DOI:10.1039/dt9940000965
日期:——
Three copper(ii) complexes [CuL1].H2O 1, [CuL2(2)]2 and [CuL2(3)] 3 [H2L1 = N,N'-o-phenylenebis-(pyridine-2-carboxamide); HL 2 = N-phenylpyridine-2-carboxamide; HL3 = N-2,4,5-trichlorophenyl-pyridine-2-carboxamide] have been prepared and their stereochemical properties investigated. Complex 2 has been characterized by X-ray crystallography: space group P2(1)/n, a = 10.853(4), b = 19.015(6), c = 10.293(3) angstrom, beta = 105.22(3)-degrees, Z = 4, R = 0,030, R' = 0.034 for 2938 observed reflections. Compared to the known square-pyramidal structure of 1 it is revealed that the deprotonated bidentate ligand L2 exerts a measurable degree of geometric control over the co-ordination sphere of 2 (distorted towards tetrahedral). Similar effects are also observed from absorption and EPR spectral results. The Cu(II)-Cu(I) redox potentials in dimethylformamide solution have been determined by cyclic voltammetry. Upon replacement of the tetradentate L1 ligand by two uninegative bidentate L2 or L3 ligands, of similar donor set, a marked positive shift (ca. 0.6-0.7 V) was observed, implying the predominance of structural effects.