title: Tautomerisation and hydrogen-bonding interactions in four-coordinate metal halide and azide complexes of N-donor-extended dipyrromethanes.
abstract: The synthesis and structures of Fe, Co, and Zn halide complexes [MX(2)(H(2)L)] (M = Fe, X = Br; M = Co, Zn, X = Cl) of the N-donor extended dipyrromethane ligand H(2)L are described, from which it is clear that bond rearrangements from imine-pyrrole to amine-azafulvene tautomers occur on metal co-ordination, both in the solid state and in solution. In the structure of [FeBr(2)(H(2)L)], this H-migration results in a pendant amine that is involved in both inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonds to the bromide ligands, so forming a dimer. As the tautomerisation renders the N-H protons less acidic, metal-based ligand substitution reactions can occur in favour of deprotonation. As such, the reaction between [MCl(2)(H(2)L)] (M = Co, Zn) and NaN(3) results in the formation of the bis(azide) complexes [M(N(3))(2)(H(2)L)] which for Co displays both inter- and intramolecular N-H...N(3)-Co hydrogen bonds in the solid state. In contrast, reactions of the dihalides with the lithium bases LiNMe(2) or LiMe (M = Fe), or reduction reactions with C(8)K (M = Fe, Co) result in the formation of the known dinuclear helicates [M(2)(L)(2)].
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD.
authors.forename: Stuart D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Jason B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Love
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry*; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008024:Ligands; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D008024:Ligands; D008670:Metals; D011758:Pyrroles; C512015:dipyrromethane