title: Diastereoselective synthesis of coordination compounds: a chiral tripodal ligand based on bipyridine units and its ruthenium(II) and iron(II) complexes.
abstract: The enantiomerically pure chiral tris-chelating ligand (+)-(7S,10R)-L(L) comprising three 4,5-pinenobipyridine subunits connected through a mesityl spacer has been synthesized. Complexes of L with RuII and FeII have been prepared and characterised. NMR spectroscopy indicates that only one diastereoisomer is formed, and the CD spectra show that the complexes have the [capital Lambda] configuration on the metal centre. The X-ray crystal structure of the iron complex shows that in the octahedral complex, the ligand L coils around the metal and confirms the absolute configuration. The RuII and FeII compounds were also characterised by mass spectrometry, electronic absorption, and, in the case of Ru(II), fluorescence spectroscopy. The photostability of the ruthenium compound was checked by photochemical experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Pérolles, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamann
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Von Zelewsky
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neels
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stoeckli-Evans
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004563:Electrochemistry; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010777:Photochemistry; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011725:Pyridines; D012428:Ruthenium; D007501:Iron