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Ray J. Butcher

Structural Variation and Magneto-Structural Correlation in Two New Dinuclear Bis(µ2-Phenoxo)-Bridged CuII Schiff-Base Complexes: Catalytic Potential for the Peroxidative Oxidation of Cycloalkanes

Two new dinuclear bis(μ2-phenoxo)-bridged copper(ii) complexes [Cu(NCS)L1]2 (1) and [Cu(NCS)L2]2 (2) have been synthesized using two tridentate NNO-donor Schiff-base ligands, L1H (Me2N(CH2)3N=CHC6H3(OMe)(OH)) and L2H (Me2N(CH2)3N=C(CH3)C6H4(OH)), respectively. They have been characterized by elemental analyses, IR, UV-visible, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. X-Ray single-crystal structures reveal a central Cu2O2 core in each complex with an isothiocyanate ligand coordinated terminally to each metal centre. The coordination environments around the CuII ions in 1 and 2 are a distorted trigonal bipyramid and…

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Synthesis and characterization of bis[dicarboxylatotetraorganodistannoxane] units involving 5-[(E)-2-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoic acids: an investigation of structures by X-ray diffraction, NMR, electrospray ionisation MS and assessment of in vitro cytotoxicity.

Abstract Reactions of 5-[(E)-2-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoic acids (LHH′, where the aryl group is an R-substituted phenyl ring such that for L1HH′: R = H; L2HH′: R = 2′-CH3; L3HH′: R = 3′-CH3; L4HH′: R = 4′-CH3; L5HH′: R = 4′-Cl; L6HH′: R = 4′-Br) with nBu2SnO in a 1:1 molar ratio yielded complexes of composition {[nBu2Sn(LH)]2O}2. The complexes have been characterized by 1H, 13C, 119Sn NMR, ESI-MS, IR and 119mSn Mossbauer spectroscopic techniques in combination with elemental analyses. The crystal structures of {[nBu2Sn(L1H)]2O}2 (1), {[nBu2Sn(L4H)]2O}2 (4), {[nBu2Sn(L5H)]2O}2 (5) and {[nBu2Sn(L6H)]2O}2 (6) were determined. The compounds are centrosymmetric tetranuclear bis(dicarboxy…

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A 'Butterfly'-shaped Water Tetramer in a Cu4 Complex Supported by a Hydrazone Ligand: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Magnetic Properties, and Quantum Chemical Study

A potentially tetradentate NOOO donor hydrazone ligand, LH2 (condensation product of benzhydrazide with O-vanillin) generates a tetranuclear CuII complex [Cu4(L)4]·4H2O (1), whose void spaces are occupied by water tetramers presenting a ‘butterfly’ conformation with the highest dihedral angle reported to date, as revealed by its X-ray crystal structure. 1 has also been characterized using various spectroscopic techniques, including IR, UV-vis, and elemental analysis. Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal the presence of moderate antiferromagnetic intra-tetramer coupling between the four CuII centres connected through simple oxo groups of the hydrazone ligand with…

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Synthesis, structural aspects and magnetic properties of an unusual 2D thiocyanato-bridged cobalt(II)–Schiff base network

Abstract A new two-dimensional (2D) thiocyanato-bridged cobalt(II) network formulated as [LCo2(NCS)2]n (1), has been synthesized with the Schiff base ligand N,N′-bis(3-methoxysalicylidenimino)-1,3-diaminopropane (H2L) and thiocyanate anions. This novel layered compound has been completely characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV–Vis spectroscopy and the structure has been established by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The structure of 1 consists of a doubly phenoxo-bridged dimer comprising two different cobalt(II) centers with different coordination geometries (octahedral and tetrahedral). The 2D network is accomplished by bridging thiocyanate ligands, connecting the dimeric…

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Synthesis and characterization of triorganotin(IV) complexes of 5-[(E)-2-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoic acids.

Abstract The triphenyltin and tri-n-butyltin complexes of some 5-[(E)-2-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoic acids have been synthesized and characterized by 1H-, 13C-, 119Sn-NMR, IR and 119mSn Mossbauer spectroscopic techniques in combination with elemental analysis. The crystal structures of triphenyltin 5-[(E)-2-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoates (aryl=phenyl, 2-methylphenyl, 3-methylphenyl and 4-methoxyphenyl) are reported. Both X-ray and 119Sn Mossbauer data indicate that the triphenyltin complexes adopt a monomeric distorted tetrahedral configuration with the carboxylate ligand coordinating in a monodentate mode. By contrast, 119Sn Mossbauer spectroscopy shows that each tributyltin …

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The synthesis and structural characterization of some triorganotin(IV) complexes of 2-{[(E)-1-(2-hydroxyaryl)alkylidene]amino}acetic acid. Crystal and molecular structures of Ph3Sn(2-OHC6H4C(H)NCH2COO) and Me3Sn(2-OHC6H4C(CH3)NCH2COO)

Abstract Triorganotin(IV) derivatives of 2-{[(E)-1-(2-hydroxyaryl)alkylidene]amino}acetic acid have been synthesized and characterized by 1H, 13C, 119Sn-NMR, 119Sn Mossbauer and IR spectroscopic techniques in combination with elemental analyses. The crystal structures of triphenyltin 2-{[(E)-1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)methylidene]amino}acetate and trimethyltin 2-{[(E)-1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethylidene]amino}acetate are reported. The X-ray structures reveal that the complexes adopt a polymeric trans-O2SnC3 trigonal bipyramidal configuration with the R groups in the equatorial positions and the axial locations occupied by a carboxylate oxygen from the ligand and the phenolic oxygen of the ligand on an ad…

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Synthesis and characterization of trbenzyltin(IV) and dibenzyltin(IV) complexes of 2-((2Z)-3-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-butenylidene)amino)acetic acid: Crystal structure of tribenzyl(2-(2Z)-3-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-butenylidene)amino)acetato)tin(IV).

Reactions of equimolar quantities of potassium 2-{[(2Z)-3-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-butenylidene]amino}acetate, with R n SnX4−n (R: benzyl– and n=2 or 3) in methanol yielded products of compositions LHSn(PhCH2)3 and LSn(PhCH2)2, respectively. The complexes were characterized by microanalysis, IR, NMR (1H, 13C, 119Sn) and 119mSn Mossbauer spectroscopy. A full characterization of the structure of the complex, tribenzyl{2-{[(2Z)-3-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-butenylidene]amino}acetato}tin(IV), was carried out by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The compound exists as centrosymmetric dimers in which two ligand molecules bridge the two tin centres. Each of the tin atoms in the dimeric unit is five coordina…

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Reversible switching of the electronic ground state in a pentacoordinated Cu(ii) complex.

International audience; An easy reversible switching of the electronic ground state in a pentacoordinated copper(ii) complex is reported for the first time. The simple protonation of a carboxylic group in a Cu(ii) complex with a {dx(2)-y(2)}(1) electronic configuration leads to a flip of the ground electronic configuration from {dx(2)-y(2)}(1) to {dz(2)}(1) in the metal ion.

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Magneto-structural correlations and DFT calculations in two rare tetranuclear copper(II)-clusters with doubly phenoxo and end-on azido bridges: Syntheses, structural variations and EPR studies

International audience; By slightly changing the synthetic conditions, we have prepared two closely related linear tetranuclear CuII complexes with the symmetrical ONNO donor tetradentate Schiff-base ligand [H2L = (OH)C6H4(CH3)Cdouble bond; length as m-dashN(CH2)3Ndouble bond; length as m-dashC(CH3)C6H4(OH)] and with azide ions. These two distinctly coloured crystalline products were characterized by elemental analysis, IR and UV–Vis spectroscopy, CV, EPR spectra and variable temperature magnetic measurements. Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies of the green [Cu4(μ-L)2(μ1,1-N3)2(N3)2] (1) and the red [Cu4(μ-L)2(μ1,1-N3)2(N3)2(H2O)2] (2) crystals show that the coordination environment o…

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Combination of single-molecule magnet behaviour and luminescence properties in a new series of lanthanide complexes with tris(pyrazolyl)borate and oligo(β-diketonate) ligands.

A series of tris(pyrazolyl)borate mono-, di- and trinuclear complexes, [Tp2Ln]nX (Ln = Eu, Tb, Gd, Dy, Xn− = various mono-, bis- and tris(β-diketonates) has been prepared. The Tb3+ and Dy3+ complexes are luminescent single molecular magnets (SMM) and exhibit luminescence quantum efficiencies up to 73% for the Tb3+ and 4.4% for the Dy3+ compounds. Similar Eu3+ complexes display bright emission only at lower temperatures. The Dy3+ and Tb3+ complexes possess SMM behavior in a non-zero dc field at low temperatures, while the polynuclear Dy3+ complexes also show slow magnetic relaxation even in zero dc field up to 8 K. Ueff-values determined from dynamic magnetic measurements were up to 31 and 6…

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Magnetic and catalytic properties of a new copper(II)–Schiff base 2D coordination polymer formed by connected helical chains

Abstract A dicyanamide bridged 2D polynuclear complex of copper(II) having molecular formula [Cu2(L)(μ1,5-dca)2]n (1) has been synthesized using the Schiff base ligand N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-1,3-diaminopentane, (H2L) and sodium dicyanamide (dca). The complex presents a 2D hexagonal structure formed by 1,5-dca singly bridged helical chains connected through double 1,5-dca bridges. The chelating characteristics of the H2L Schiff base ligand results in the formation of copper(II) dimer with a double phenoxo bridge presenting a very strong antiferromagnetic coupling in the copper(II) derivative (1) (J = −510 cm−1). The dimeric asymmetric unit of 1 is very similar to the active site of the catec…

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Sterically-controlled nuclearity in new copper(II) complexes with di-compartmental ligands: Formation of antiferromagnetically coupled angular trimer and mononuclear inclusion complex

Abstract Two new copper(II) complexes, [Cu3(L1)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2 (1) and [CuL2 ⊂ (H2O)] (2) have been derived from two di-compartmental Schiff base ligands H2L1 and H2L2, respectively. Depending on slight modification of the substituent group of the potentially N2O4 donor ligands, tri- and mononuclear structures are obtained, which have been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Both complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV–vis and EPR spectroscopy. Complex 1 consists of an angular trinuclear array of copper ions, while complex 2 consists of a mononuclear copper center. Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements have been performed to inv…

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A hexaicosametallic copper(ii) phosphonate

Structure and characterization of [Cu26{2,3,5,6-(Me)4C6H-CH2-PO3}18(μ2-OH)4(μ3-OH)6(μ4-Cl)6(μ-OH2)2(OH2)2(MeCN)4]·6MeCN·15H2O (1) is reported. Complex 1 is the largest discrete molecular homometallic transition metal phosphonate assembly. Remarkably, this gigantic molecular phosphonate has been prepared at room temperature using a normal solution synthetic method.

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Synthesis and characterization of some dibutylbis{5-[(E)-2-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoato}tin(IV) compounds. Toxicity studies of di- and tri-organotin complexes on the second instar ofAedes aegypti mosquito larvae

The preparation and spectroscopic characterization of some complexes of the type Bu2Sn(LH)2 (LH = 5-[(E)-2-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoate) are reported. On the basis of spectroscopic evidence (1H, 13C, 119Sn NMR, IR and 119mSn Mossbauer) the compounds were judged to adopt the usual dicarboxylato structural type with a skew trapezoidal arrangement. This was further confirmed by X-ray crystallography in the case of Bu2Sn(L5H)2 (L5H = 5-[(E)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoate). Toxicity studies of the di- and tri-organotin compounds on the second larval instar of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae are reported. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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CCDC 881999: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

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