The 1 : 2 reactions of 4,6-bis[N,N-bis(2′-pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]-2-phenylpyrimidine (LMe) and MnII, CoII, NiII and CuII chloride salts in MeOH gave the tetranuclear complexes [MnII4(LMe)2Cl8]·2H2O (1), CoII4(LMe)2Cl8·10H2O (2), [Ni4II(LMe)2Cl4]Cl4·8H2O (3) and [CuII4(LMe)2Cl6]Cl2·8H2O (4), respectively. X-ray crystal structure determinations carried out on three of the complexes revealed that in the case of NiII (3′) the LMe ligand is bound in the expected bis-tetradentate fashion, bridging the encapsulated pair of NiII centers via the pyrimidine ring, and that two pairs of chloride anions bridge a pair of such dimetallic units, affording a closed rectangular tetranuclear core overall. In contrast, in the case of MnII (1′) and CuII (4′) only one binding pocket of the LMe ligand strand binds in the expected tetradentate manner, whilst the other binds in a terdentate manner as one pyrimidine nitrogen atom does not bind, so in these cases the pyrimidine moiety does not bridge the metal centres, resulting instead in ‘extended’, linear tetranuclear assemblies.
1 : 4,6-双[N,N-双(2′-
吡啶基甲基)
氨基甲基]-2-
苯基嘧啶(LMe)与 MnII、CoII、NiII 和 CuII
氯盐在 MeOH 中发生 1 : 2 反应,生成四核配合物 [MnII4(LMe)2Cl8]-2H2O (1)、CoII4(LMe)2Cl8-10H2O (2)、[Ni4II(LMe)2Cl4]Cl4-8H2O (3) 和 [CuII4(LMe)2Cl6]Cl2-8H2O (4)。对其中三个复合物进行的 X 射线晶体结构测定显示,在 NiII (3′) 复合物中,LMe
配体以预期的双-四价方式结合,通过
嘧啶环桥接封装的一对 NiII 中心,两对
氯阴离子桥接一对这样的二
金属单元,形成一个封闭的矩形四核核心。相反,在 MnII(1′)和 CuII(4′)的情况中,只有 LMe
配体链的一个结合袋以预期的四价方式结合,而另一个结合袋则以三价方式结合,因为一个
嘧啶氮原子没有结合,所以在这些情况中,
嘧啶分子没有桥接
金属中心,而是形成了 "扩展 "的线性四核集合体。