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Stereochemically non-rigid helical mercury(II) complexes

Drew, M. G. B., De, S. and Datta, D. (2009) Stereochemically non-rigid helical mercury(II) complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 362 (7). pp. 2487-2491. ISSN 0020-1693

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2008.11.008

Abstract/Summary

Reactions of the 1: 2 condensate (L) of benzil dihydrazone and 2-acetylpyridine with Hg(ClO4)(2) center dot xH(2)O and HgI2 yield yellow [HgL2](ClO4)(2) (1) and HgLI2 (2), respectively. Homoleptic 1 is a 8-coordinate double helical complex with a Hg(II)N-8 core crystallising in the space group Pbca with cell dimensions: a = 16.2250(3), b = 20.9563(7), c = 31.9886(11) angstrom. Complex 2 is a 4-coordinate single helical complex having a Hg(II)N2I2 core crystallising in the space group P2(1)/n with cell dimensions a = 9.8011(3), b = 17.6736(6), c = 16.7123(6) angstrom and b = 95.760(3). In complex 1, the N-donor ligand L uses all of its binding sites to act as tetradentate. On the other hand, it acts as a bidentate N-donor ligand in 2 giving rise to a dangling part. From variable temperature H-1 NMR studies both the complexes are found to be stereochemically non-rigid in solution. In the case of 2, the solution process involves wrapping up of the dangling part of L around the metal. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
ID Code:11207
Uncontrolled Keywords:Mercury, Helical, Spiral, N ligands, Crystal structures, SINGLE HELIX, METAL-ION, LIGANDS, CHROMOPHORE, TWIST

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