ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Three N2S2 macrocycles (3, 10, 12) carrying an amino group as a pendant arm have been synthesized and their complexation properties towards Ni2+ and Cu2+ studied. The crystal structures of the Cu2+ complexes with 10-methyl-1,4-dithia-7,10-diazacyclododecane-7-ethanamine (3) and 11-methyl-1,4-dithia-8,11-diazacyclotetradecane-8-ethanamine (10) show that, in both cases, the Cu2+ is pentacoordinated by the four donor atoms of the macrocycle and the amino group of the side chain. In aqueous solution, however, two forms of the complexes with stoichiometries [MLH] and [ML] (M = Cu2+ or Ni2+) have been observed. In [MLH], the amino group is protonated and does not bind to the metal ion, whereas in [ML] the amino group is bound, and a pentacoordinated geometry results. The pKa values for the equilibrium [ML] + H+⇌[MLH]+ decrease in the order 12 〉 10 〉 3, indicating that the 2-aminoethyl side chain binds better to the Cu2+ than the 3-aminopropyl side chain. Cyclic voltammetry for the Cu2+/Cu+ pair shows that the 2-aminoethyl pendant arm stabilizes the Cu2+ oxidation state, when the metal ion is in the 14-membered ring (10), whereas it stabilizes Cu+ for the 12-membered macrocycle (3).
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19960790124
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