title: A dodecanuclear metallamacrocycle having a multidentate bridging ligand in two different binding modes.
abstract: The reaction of Mn(OAc)2 x 4H2O with 2,6-dimethoxybenzoylsalicylhydrazide (H3dmbshz) leads to a dodecanuclear manganese metallamacrocycle [Mn12(dmbshz)12(EtOH)6], 1. The successive manganese centers are connected by the hydrazide N-N groups of the ligands in an alternating pentadentate binding mode, hexadentate binding mode. The alternation results in two alternating chelation modes around the metal centers, a tridentate-tridentate chelation mode and a bidentate-tridentate chelation mode. The metal ions in 1 are in a (A(A)Delta(B)C(A)Lambda(B))(A(A)Delta(B)C(A)Lambda(B)) chiral sequence, the alternation of the chiralities expanding the cyclic ring system to a 36-membered dodecanuclear manganese metallamacrocyclic ring system with S6 point group symmetry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, College of Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, Kyunggi-Do, 426-791, Korea.
authors.forename: Xinfang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wenlong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kyungjin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyeong-Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ri
authors.forename: Ghyung Hwa
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myoung Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lah