Strapping two salicylaldoxime units together with aliphatic α,Ω-aminomethyl links in the 3-position gives ligands which allow the assembly of the polynuclear complexes [Fe7O2(OH)6(H2L1)3(py)6](BF4)5·6H2O·14MeOH (1·6H2O·14MeOH), [Fe6O(OH)7(H2L2)3](BF4)3·4H2O·9MeOH (2·4H2O·9MeOH) and [Mn6O2(OH)2(H2L1)3(py)4(MeCN)2](BF4)5(NO3)·3MeCN·H2O·5py (3·3MeCN·H2O·5py). In each case the metallic skeleton of the cluster is based on a trigonal prism in which two [MIII3O] triangles are tethered together via three helically twisted double-headed oximes. The latter are present as H2L2â in which the oximic and phenolic O-atoms are deprotonated and the amino N-atoms protonated, with the oxime moieties bridging across the edges of the metal triangles. Both the identity of the metal ion and the length of the straps connecting the salicylaldoxime units have a major impact on the nuclearity and topology of the resultant cluster, with, perhaps counter-intuitively, the longer straps producing the âsmallestâ molecules.
将两个
水杨醛肟单元与 3 位的脂肪族 α,β-
氨基甲基连接在一起,得到
配体,该
配体允许组装多核配合物 [Fe7O2(OH)6(H2L1)3(py)6](
BF4)5· 6 ·14MeOH (1·6 ·14MeOH)、[Fe6O(OH)7(H2
L2)3]( )3·4 ·9MeOH (2·4 ·9MeOH) 和 [Mn6O2(OH)2(H2L1)3(py )4(MeCN)2]( )5(
NO3)·3MeCN·
H2O·5py (3·3MeCN· ·5py)。在每种情况下,簇的
金属骨架都基于三棱柱,其中两个[MIII3O]三角形通过三个螺旋扭曲的双头
肟连接在一起。后者以 H2
L2 形式存在,其中
肟和
酚 O 原子被去质子化,
氨基 N 原子被质子化,
肟部分桥接
金属三角形的边缘。
金属离子的特性和连接
水杨醛肟单元的带的长度对所得簇的核性和拓扑结构都有重大影响,也许与直觉相反,较长的带产生“最小”分子。