Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun
September 2024
The title compound, [Cd(CHNS)Cl] or [CdCl] (), where = 2-[bis-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amino]-ethane-1-thiol, was prepared and structurally characterized. The Cd complex crystallizes in 2/ with a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal metal coordination geometry. Supra-molecular inter-actions in include parallel offset face-to-face inter-actions between inversion-related pyridyl rings and potential hydrogen bonds with chlorine or sulfur as the acceptor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe macrometallacyclic title compound, [HgBr(CHNS)] or [((Hg )(HgBr))] () where = 2-{[(pyridin-2-yl)meth-yl]amino}-ethane-1-thiol, was prepared and structurally characterized. The Hg complex crystallizes in the 2/ space group. The centrosymmetric HgS metallacycle is constructed from metal ions with alternating distorted tetra-hedral BrS and distorted seesaw NS primary coordination environments with pendant pyridyl groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetallothioneins (MTs) are a ubiquitous class of small cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins involved in metal homeostasis and detoxification with highly versatile metal binding properties. Despite the long-standing association of MT with MS and MS metal clusters, synthetic complexes with these core architectures are exceptionally rare. Here, we demonstrate an approach to synthesizing and characterizing aggregates of group 12 metal ions with monocyclic MS cores in acetonitrile solution without the protection of a protein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe impact of substituting Hg(II) for Zn(II) in a thiolate-bridged trinuclear cluster with parallels to a metallothionein metal cluster was investigated. A new solvomorph of [Zn(Zn)](ClO) () ( = -(2-pyridylmethyl)--(2-(ethylthiolato)-amine) and five solvomorphs of a new compound [Hg(Zn)](ClO) () were characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The interplay of hydrogen bonding and aromatic-packing interactions in producing lamellar, 2D lamellar, and columnar arrangements of complex cations in the crystalline state is discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn unbranched N3O2 ligand 2,6-bis[((2-pyridinylmethyl)oxy)methyl]pyridine (L1) was used to prepare new mononuclear heteroleptic Group 12 perchlorate complexes characterized by IR, (1)H NMR and X-ray crystallography. Racemic complexes with pentadentate L1 and one to four oxygens from either water or perchlorate bound to a metal ion were structurally characterized. Octahedral [Zn(L1)(OH2)](ClO4)2 (1) and pentagonal bipyramidal [Cd(L1)(OH2)(OClO3)]ClO4 (2) structures were found with lighter congeners.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe divalent zinc triad perchlorate coordination chemistry of 2,6-bis([(2-pyridyl-methyl)amino]methyl)pyridine (L) was investigated by X-ray crystallography and solution state (1)H NMR. New complexes [HgL(ClO4)2] (1) and [CdL(ClO4)2] (2) were isolated as bicapped distorted square pyramidal racemates, contrasting with the approximate trigonal bipyramidal structure of [ZnL](ClO4)2 (3). Although rapid inter- and intramolecular exchange is common for simple complexes of zinc triad metal ions, conditions for slow intramolecular isomerization on both the δ and J(HH) time scales were established for 1, 2 and 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the presence of Cd(ClO4)2 and a base, a new mixed N,S-donor alkylthiolate ligand supported both carbonate formation from atmospheric CO2 and the self-assembly of a novel bicapped puckered (CdS)6 molecular wheel. The remarkable stability of the complex was demonstrated by slow intermolecular ligand exchange on the (2)J(HH) and J((111/113)Cd(1)H) time scales at elevated temperature. Both CO2 and the base were required to convert amorphous "CdLClO4" precipitated in the absence of air to the carbonate complex.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTridentate ligand N-(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(2-(ethylthiolato)amine (L) forms the novel complex [Hg(5)(L)(6)](ClO(4))(4).toluene () with a bicyclo[3.3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDivalent zinc triad metal ion complexes of type M(L)(2)(ClO(4))(2) (L = N-(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(2-(methylthio)ethyl)amine) with N(4)S(2) metal coordination spheres were isolated and characterized by X-ray crystallography and variable temperature proton NMR. Although bis-tridentate chelates have nine geometric isomers, the crystallographically characterized complexes of all three metal ions had trans facial octahedral coordination geometry with C(i) symmetry. Despite the low coordination number and geometric preferences of d(10) metal ions, which facilitate inter- and intramolecular exchange processes, dilute solutions of these bis-tridentate chelates exhibited slow geometric isomerization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo series of zinc triad complexes containing the ligand 2,6-bis(methylthiomethyl)pyridine (L1) were synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography and solution-state 1H NMR spectroscopy. The distorted meridional octahedral M(L1)2(ClO4)2 series includes the first structurally characterized Zn(II) and Cd(II) complexes with N2(SR2)4 coordination spheres. Coordination of HgCl2 and ZnCl2 with 1 equiv of ligand afforded mononuclear, five-coordinate species Hg(L1)Cl2 and Zn(L1)Cl2, respectively, with distorted square-pyramidal and trigonal-bipyramidal geometries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe binding of group 12 metal ions to bis(2-methylpyridyl) sulfide (1) was investigated by X-ray crystallography and NMR. Seven structures of the chloride and perchlorate salts of Hg(II), Cd(II), and Zn(II) with 1 are reported. Hg(1)(2)(ClO(4))(2), Cd(1)(2)(ClO(4))(2), and Zn(1)(2)(ClO(4))(2).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe solution state coordination chemistry of Hg(ClO(4))(2) with tris[(2-(6-methylpyridyl))methyl]amine (TLA) was investigated in acetonitrile-d(3) by proton NMR. Although Hg(II) is a d(10) metal ion commonly associated with notoriously rapid exchange between coordination environments, as many as six ligand environments were observed to be in slow exchange on the chemical shift time scale at select metal-to-ligand ratios. One of these ligand environments was associated with extensive heteronuclear coupling between protons and (199)Hg and was assigned to the complex [Hg(TLA)](2+).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe complexation of Cd(II) by the tripodal ligand tris[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine and dipodal ligand bis[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine was investigated by solution-state NMR and X-ray crystallography. Cadmium coordination compounds exhibiting rarely observed solution-state NMR (1)H-(111/113)Cd satellites were characterized. The eight-coordinate complex [Cd(TMPA)(2)](ClO(4))(2).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSolution-state NMR and X-ray crystallography were used to investigate the complexation of HgCl(2) by the potentially tetradentate ligand tris[(6-methyl-2-pyridyl)methyl]amine (TLA) in acetonitrile. A change in the ligand conformation as a function of the metal-to-ligand ratio could be indirectly monitored through large changes in (3)J((1)H(199)Hg) to the methylene protons at -40 degrees C. The solution-state NMR were correlated with two solid-state structures.
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