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Design and Structural Analysis of Metallamacrocycles Based on Zinc Halides and a V‐Shaped Bismonodentate Ligand of the Cyclophane Type
Author(s) -
Klein Cédric,
Graf Ernest,
Hosseini Mir Wais,
De Cian André,
Kyritsakas Nathalie
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.200390167
Subject(s) - chemistry , isostructural , halide , crystallography , cyclophane , ligand (biochemistry) , denticity , zinc , pyridine , solid state , molecule , stereochemistry , crystal structure , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor
The ligand 1 , based on the [1,1,1,1]cyclophane skeleton and bearing two pyridine units as monodentate coordination sites on the same face of the backbone, leads, in the presence of ZnX 2 (X = Cl, Br or I) complexes, to three isostructural neutral metallamacrocycles with an M/L ratio of 2:2. All three binuclear complexes have been characterised in the solid state by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. All three metallamacrocycles possess a roof‐shaped geometry affording a pocket with a single opening. The latter is occupied by solvent molecules in the solid state. A correlation between the size of the halide and dimensions of the pocket is described. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)