title: cis-{MoO2}(2+) assisted Mannich-type addition of acetylacetonate methine to the azomethine of tridentate Schiff bases: racemic complexes with chiral transformed ligands.
abstract: Reactions of [MoO2(acac)2] (acac(-) = acetylacetonate) with the potential N2O-donor 5,5-membered fused chelate rings forming Schiff bases 2-(2-pyridylaldimine)ethanol (HL(1)) and 4/5-R-2-(2-pyridylaldimine)phenols (HL(n); n = 2-5 for R = H, 4-Cl, 4-Me and 5-Me, respectively) lead to the facile formation of racemic complexes of the general formula cis-[MoO2(acacL(1-5))] () in 80-85% yield. Here, (acacL(n))(2-) represents a chiral N2O2-donor ligand system formed by a novel Mannich-type reaction that involves acetylacetonate and the azomethine fragment of HL(n) both coordinated to the cis-{MoO2}(2+) unit. The characterization of has been performed with the help of microanalytical (CHN), spectroscopic (ESI-MS, IR, UV-Vis and (1)H- and (13)C-NMR) and electrochemical measurements. The molecular structures of all the complexes except for are authenticated by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The Mo(vi) center in each of these analogous complexes is in a distorted octahedral N2O4 coordination sphere assembled by the chiral N2O2-donor transformed ligand (acacL(n))(2-) and the two mutually cis-oriented oxo ligands. In the crystal lattice, each of exists as a centrosymmetric discrete dimer via a pair of reciprocal N-HO hydrogen bonds between its enantiomeric pairs.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, India. spal@uohyd.ac.in.
authors.forename: Sathish Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kurapati
authors.forename: Samudranil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pal