title: Antiferromagnetically Coupled Dimeric Dodecacopper Supramolecular Architectures of Macrocyclic Ligands with a Symmetrical μ6-BO3(3-) Central Moiety.
abstract: Reactions between 2,6-diformyl-4-alkyl(R)-phenol (R = CH3 or C(CH3)3) and 1,3-diamino-2-hydroxypropane (1,3-DAP) in the presence of copper(II) salts (Cu(BF4)2·6H2O, Cu(ClO4)2·6H2O/H3BO3/Ar) and triethylamine (TEA) in a single pot result in self-assembly of dimeric dodecacopper supramolecular architectures of 30-membered hexatopic macrocyclic ligands (H6L4 and H6L5) with unique and fascinating structures having the BO3(3-) anion as the central species bonded to all six copper centers in a symmetrical fashion (μ6-BO3(3-)). A number of closely related macrocyclic hexacopper complexes are reported: {[Cu6(L4)(μ6-BO3)(μ-H2O)(C3H7NO)2(BF4)][BF4]2·3C3H7NO}2 (1) (DMF = C3H7NO), {[Cu6(L4)(μ6-BO3)(μ-C3H7NO)3][ClO4]3·3C3H7NO}2 (2), {[Cu6(L5)(μ6-BO3)(μ-OH)(H2O)3(C3H7NO)][BF4]2·6C3H7NO·4C2H5OH·2H2O}2 (3), {[Cu6(L5)(μ6-BO3)(μ-CH3OH)(CH3OH)2][ClO4]3·10H2O}2 (4), and {[Cu6(L5)(μ6-BO3)(μ-CH3CO2)(μ-CH3O)(CH3OH)][BF4]·13CH3OH·8H2O}2 (5). A polymeric side product {[Cu2(H2L2)(CH3OH)(BF4)][BF4]}n (6), involving a 2 + 2 macrocyclic ligand, was also isolated and structurally characterized. Complex 6 involves dinuclear copper(II) units linked through BF4(-) anions to form a novel 1D single-chain polymeric coordination compound. This appears to be the first report in which a central BO3(3-) species is linked to six copper(II) ions held together by a single macrocyclic ligand through three μ1,1-O(BO3(3-)) and three μ1,3-O(BO3(3-)) bridges. In complexes 1-5 the BO3(3-) is present in the center of the macrocyclic cavity and is bonded to all six metal centers arranged in a benzene-like hexagonal array. In the hexagonal array there are alternate double (μ-alkoxide and μ1,3-O(BO3(3-))) and (μ-phenoxide and μ1,1-O(BO3(3-))) bridges between the Cu(II) centers. The symmetrical hexa-bridging nature of μ6-BO3(3-) is unprecedented in transition metal complex chemistry, and along with alkoxide and phenoxide bridges in the equatorial plane provides effective pathways for an overall antiferromagnetic exchange interaction between six copper(II) centers. In 1, 3, and 5 the BO3(3-) moiety is produced in one step (synthetic) by an unusual copper(II)-macrocycle complex catalyzed hydrolysis of BF4(-) ion in methanol. In 2 and 4 the central species (BO3(3-)) comes from boric acid (H3BO3) which is added to reaction mixture of Cu(ClO4)2/H6L4/H6L5 under inert conditions to confirm the identity of the central species.
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, Kent State University Salem, 2491 State Route 45 South, Salem, Ohio 44460, United States.|‡Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, 1175 Risman Drive, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States.
authors.forename: Santokh S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.affiliation: ‡Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, 1175 Risman Drive, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bunge
authors.affiliation: ‡Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, 1175 Risman Drive, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States.
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.affiliation: §Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 Tenerife, Spain.
authors.forename: Joaquin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanchiz
authors.affiliation: ∥Department of Chemistry, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X7, Canada.
authors.forename: Laurence K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: ‡Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, 1175 Risman Drive, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States.
authors.forename: Jacob T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Shelley
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D019281:Dimerization; D008024:Ligands; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D059346:Magnets / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D008024:Ligands; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D003300:Copper