Abstract
The coordination behaviour of Cu2+ towards 4-bromo-2-[(2-diethylaminoethyl)ethyl-aminomethyl]-6-formylphenol (HL) having phenolate, amine and aldehyde donor sites has been studied. In aqueous, weakly acidic solution Cu2+ coordinates to the phenolate and aldehyde oxygen giving rise to the complexes [Cu(H2L)2X2]X2 (X = NO3- (1a) and CIO4- (1b)), while in alkaline solution a complex of composition [CuL2] (2) is formed. In methanol, the aldehyde groups in 1 and 2 suffer nucleophilic attack from the solvent resulting in the formation of the hemiacetal form of the ligand and in the isolation of [Cu(L′)]2 · 2CH3OH (3). X-ray structures of 1a, 1b and 3 are reported, the latter featuring a rare example of a coordinated methyl-hemiacetal.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 839-844 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Inorganica Chimica Acta |
| Volume | 362 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 20 Feb 2009 |
Keywords
- Copper
- Crystal structures
- Hemiacetals
- N ligands
- O ligands