
.
The first tetratopic pyrimidine–hydrazone (pym–hyz) molecular strands containing terminal hydroxymethyl (
L1) and acryloyl (
L2) functional groups have been synthesised.
L1 was produced by step-wise imine condensation reactions, starting with 6-hydroxymethyl-2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde.
L2 was then synthesised through the treatment of
L1
with acryloyl chloride. NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography
showed that the ligands adopted a helical shape, comprised of 1 and 1/3
helical turns. Both
L1 and
L2 uncoiled upon reaction with an excess amount of Pb(
II), Zn(
II) and Cu(
II) ions, resulting in linear M
4LA
8 complexes (where M = Pb(
II), Zn(
II), or Cu(
II);
L =
L1 or
L2; and A = ClO
4−, SO
3CF
3− or BF
4−). Horse-shoe shaped Pb
2LA
4 complexes were also formed by reacting Pb(
II) ions with either
L1 or
L2 in a 2

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1 metal to ligand ratio. The addition of Ag(
I) ions to either
L1 or
L2 resulted in Ag
2L2A
2 double helicates, which were stable in the presence of excess Ag(
I). The Pb(
II), Zn(
II) and Ag(
I) complexes were characterised by NMR spectroscopy, while UV-Vis spectroscopy was used to probe the Cu(
II) complexes. In addition, X-ray crystallography was used to analyse the linear Pb
4L1A
8, horse-shoe shaped Pb
2L1(ClO
4)
4, twisted Cu
3L2(SO
3CF
3)
6, and double helicate Ag
2L12(SO
3CF
3)
2 complexes yielding the structures [Pb
4L1(ClO
4)
7(H
2O)]ClO
4·4CH
3NO
2 (
1), [Pb
4L1(SO
3CF
3)
8]
2·6CH
3CN·H
2O (
2), [Pb
2L1(ClO
4)
2(CH
3CN)(H
2O)](ClO
4)
2·2CH
3CN·C
4H
10O·H
2O (
3), [Cu
3L2(SO
3CF
3)
3(CH
3CN)
2(H
2O)](SO
3CF
3)
3·2CH
3CN·H
2O (
4) and [Ag
2L12](SO
3CF
3)
2·CH
3CN·H
2O (
5), respectively.
Tetratopic pyrimidine–hydrazone
ligands modified with terminal hydroxymethyl and acryloyl arms and their
Pb(II), Zn(II), Cu(II) and Ag(I) complexes
Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 8205-8218
DOI:
10.1039/C3DT53559B
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