title: Template synthesis of a tetraazamacrocyclic ligand with two pendant pyridinyl groups: properties of the isomers of the metal-free ligand and of their first-row transition metal compounds.
abstract: The one-step reaction of [Cu(en)(2)](2+) (en = 1,2-diaminoethane) with formaldehyde, ethyl 2-pyridyl acetate, and base produces a mixture of [Cu(s-pypymac)](2+) and [Cu(a-pypymac)](2+) (s-pypymac = syn-6,13-bis(2-pyridinyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, a-pypymac = anti-6,13-bis(2-pyridinyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane; syn-to-anti ratio approximately 1:9) in low yield (6%). Ion exchange chromatography is used for isomer separation, and the two isomers of the metal-free ligand are obtained by reduction of the copper(II) complexes and subsequent ion exchange chromatography. Crystal structure analyses of the metal-free a-pypymac ligand, of two isomeric copper(II) compounds of a-pypymac and one of s-pypymac, and of the cobalt(III) complexes of a- and s-pypymac and nickel(II), as well as zinc(II) complexes of a-pypymac, are reported and discussed on the basis of the expectations from force field calculations and from published experimental data of the transition metal compounds of the bis-pendant amine derivative diammac.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Heidelberg, Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. comba@akcomba.oci.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Comba
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Maas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pritzkow
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vielfort