title: Size discrimination in the coordination chemistry of an isoindoline pincer ligand with CdII and ZnII.
abstract: The reactions of Cd2+ and Zn2+ with the pyridine-arm isoindoline ligand 4'-MeLH = 1,3-bis[2-(4-methylpyridyl)imino]isoindoline produced the series of octahedrally coordinated complexes M(4'-MeL)2, [M(4'-MeLH)2]2+, and [M(4'-MeL)(4'-MeLH)]+. The complexes M(4'-MeL)2 resulted from reactions of the respective metal perchlorates with deprotonated ligand, whereas the complexes [M(4'-MeLH)2](ClO4)2 resulted from reactions with ligand in the absence of added base. The mixed-ligand complexes [M(4'-MeL)(4'-MeLH)]+ were generated in solution by reactions of equimolar quantities of M(4'-MeL)2 and [M(4'-MeLH)2]2+. Whereas [Cd(4'-MeL)(4'-MeLH)]+ is stable in solution, [Zn(4'-MeL)(4'-MeLH)]+ converts to and establishes equilibrium with the tetrahedrally coordinated, trinuclear complex [Zn3(4'-MeL)4]2+. The complexes Cd(4'-MeL)2 (1), Zn(4'-MeL)2 (2), and [Cd(4'-MeL)(4'-MeLH)]ClO4 (5) were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, with the latter complex being shown to contain 4'-MeLH coordinated as a protonated iminium zwitterionic ligand. The [M(4'-MeLH)2]2+ and [M(4'-MeL)(4'-MeLH)]+ complexes are tautomeric in solution because of the shuttling of the iminium protons between imine N atoms. The rate of prototropic tautomerism in [Cd(4'-MeLH)2]+ was followed by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Over the temperature range 276-312 K, a linear Eyring plot with the activation parameters DeltaG++ = 16.0 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol, DeltaH++ = 2.9 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol, and DeltaS++ = -44.0 +/- 0.3 cal/mol.K was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA. wicholas@chem.wwu.edu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wicholas
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gleaves
authors.forename: Aimee M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rehm
authors.forename: Oren P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Agnete
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: la Cour
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D019277:Entropy; D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010472:Perchlorates / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D008670:Metals; D010472:Perchlorates; D002104:Cadmium; D015032:Zinc; C494474:perchlorate