title: "Click" tetradentate ligands.
abstract: A series of triazole-based N4 tetradentate ligands 1a-d are efficiently synthesized using Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne "click" strategy and are readily coordinated to many metal ions (e.g. Mn(II), Ni(II), Zn(II) and Fe(II)). The X-ray structures of the resultant metal-complexes (4a-d, 5a, 6a and 7a) reveal an octahedral mononuclear structure with two co-ligands bonded in cis sites and the two triazoles as nitrogen donors to the metal center. The Mn(II)-complexes (4a-d) show efficient catalytic activities in the epoxidation of various aliphatic terminal olefins with peracetic acid, and feature with low catalyst loading, fast conversion and high yields.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, and Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, China 241000. haoehong@mail.ahnu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Erhong
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Zhaoyun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Shaowu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang