ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
Pyrazolate complexes
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Dinuclear complexes
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Bridging ligands
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Cobalt
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Conformational analysis
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Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A series of pyrazole-based potential ligands bearing polydentate amine substituents in the 3- and 5-positions of the heterocycle has been synthesized [3,5-bis(R2NCH2)-pyzH R2N = Me2N(CH2)3NMe (2aH), [Me2N(CH2)3]2N (2bH), (Et2NCH2CH2)2N (2cH)]. Upon reaction with two equivalents of CoCl2 they form complexes LCo2Cl3 (3a-c; L = 2a-c, respectively) which are shown crystallographically to contain a dinuclear metal core bridged by both the pyrazolate unit and a chlorine atom, with each cobalt center carrying a further terminal chlorine atom. Two of the ligand side arms in 3b, c are dangling, thus leading to five-coordination of the cobalt(II) centers in all cases. Addition of two equivalents of NaBPh4 to solutions of 3b, c induced coordination of the formerly dangling side arms to the metal centers by substitution of the terminal chlorine atoms. The resulting compounds [LCo2Cl](BPh4)2 (4b, c, respectively) were characterized by X-ray structure analyses. They can be viewed as dinuclear linked versions of tran-type complexes [(tran = tris(aminoalkyl)amine] with distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination spheres around cobalt(II). Conformational analyses employing force-field calculations were carried out for 4b, c in order to rationalize the conformations observed in the solid state with regard to the accessible conformational space.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19971300511
