ISSN:
0947-6539
Keywords:
bridging ligands
;
chelate ligands
;
copper complexes
;
self-assembly
;
structure elucidation
;
Chemistry
;
General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The “self-assembly” reaction between bischelating 2,2′-bipyrimidine, metallic copper, Cu2+, and two equivalents of bidentate Ph2P(CH2)nPPh2 produces crystallographically characterized dinuclear complexes with a [Cu1(μ-bpym)-Cu1]2+ core and chelating (n = 5; type I) or bridging diphosphine ligands (n = 6, 8; type II). Structures II may be designated as “inverse cryptate” arrangements. The structural data of the solids and the spectroscopic results for the dissolved species indicate a strained configuration in the case of complex [(μ-bpym)Cu2{μ-Ph2P-(CH2)n]2+ (6) with n = 6. Once the polymethylene chain length is reduced one notch further to n = 5 (5), the diphosphines can no longer bridge but help to form eight-membered chelate rings (structure I). In this complex there is a distortion towards a trigonal-pyramidal coordination geometry at the copper(I) centers, which is supported by the formation of an “organic sandwich” arrangement between the central bpym acceptor and two phosphino phenyl rings.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.19960020414
