Synthesis, characterization and coordination chemistry of dibenzofuran derivatives of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane
作者:T.K. Venkatachalam、Jose Barreto、Ute Kreher、David C. Reutens、Leone Spiccia
DOI:10.1016/j.ica.2010.04.039
日期:2010.10
A 1,4-disubstituted dibenzofuran derivative of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen), L1, has been prepared by the direct reaction of cyclen and chloroacetyldibenzofuran and the mono-substituted derivative, L2, by reaction of chloroacetyldibenzofuran and 1,4,7-tris(t-butoxycarbonyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane followed by deprotection with trifluoroacetic acid. The ligands were characterized by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The reaction of the 1,4-disubstituted dibenzofuran cyclen, L1, with Cu(ClO4)(2)center dot 6H(2)O in methanol yielded crystals of [CuL1](ClO4)(2)center dot MeOH center dot 1/2H(2)O that were suitable for single crystal structural analysis. The X-ray structure confirmed that the 1,4-disubstituted dibenzofuran cyclen had been formed. The copper(II) coordination sphere in the complex cation, [CuL1](2+), is occupied by four nitrogen atoms from the macrocycle and an amide oxygen donor from one dibenzofuran pendant group. As is typical for copper(II)-cyclen complexes, the Cu(II) centre sits above the plane of the macrocycle nitrogen towards the oxygen donor, in this case by 0.5 angstrom. Fluorescence emission studies indicate that coordination of the macrocycle to either copper(II) or zinc(II) results in a decrease in emission with respect to the emission of the pure ligand. (C) 2010 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.