title: Zinc halide template effects on the construction of [1 + 1] flexible Schiff-base macrocyclic complexes having pendant-armed dialdehyde components.
abstract: Two novel pendant-armed dialdehydes (1a and 1b) were prepared by a one-step reaction between 5-chloro-3-(chloromethyl)-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde/5-methyl-3-(chloromethyl)-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde and cyclohexylamine involving two nucleophilic substitutions, and they were used to react with 1,3-propanediamine to prepare Schiff-base macrocyclic complexes in the presence of ZnX2 salts (X = Cl, Br, and I). As a result, five dinuclear (2a, 2b, 3b, 4a, and 4b) and one mononuclear (3a) [1 + 1] flexible macrocyclic Zn(II) complexes have been structurally and spectrally characterized. The zinc centers in three pairs of macrocyclic complexes have the common four-coordinate tetrahedral geometry with one or two coordinated halide ions, where the template Zn(II) cations and the auxiliary halide anions with different sizes and coordination abilities are believed to play important roles in forming the resulting macrocyclic complexes. In addition, subtle alterations of electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituted groups (Cl versus CH3) in the macrocyclic backbone result in different (1)H NMR and UV-vis spectra.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China. whuang@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hui-Qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang