Coordination studies of copper(II), cobalt(II) and iron(II) with isomeric pyridyl-tetrazole ligands

Andrew D. Bond, Adrienne Fleming, Jackie Gaire, Fintan Kelleher, John McGinley, Vickie McKee, Ursula Sheridan

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Abstract

The reaction of 2-(2H-tetrazol-5-yl)pyridine (L1) with 1,6-dibromohexane results in formation of the isomers 2-(6″-bromohexyl)-(1-tetrazol-5-yl) pyridine (L2) and 2-(6″-bromohexyl)-(2-tetrazol-5-yl)pyridine (L3). Coordination reactions of L2 and L3 with CuCl 2·2H 2O, Co(SCN) 2 and Fe(ClO 4) 2· H 2O yielded the strongly coloured solids [Cu(II)(L2)Cl 2] 2 (1), [Cu(II)(L3)Cl 2] 2 (2), [Co(II)(L2) 2(NCS) 2] (3), [Co(II)(L3) 2(NCS) 2] (4), [Fe(II)(L2) 2(H 2O) 2](ClO 4) 2 (5) and [Fe(II)(L3) 2(H 2O) 2](ClO 4) 2 (6), containing high-spin metal centres for the Co(II) and Fe(II) compounds. X-ray crystal structures were obtained for complexes 1-5. In each complex, ligands L2 and L3 coordinate to the metal centre through the pyridyl N atom and the 1-N site of the tetrazole ring, and the pyridyl-tetrazole ligand remains planar in all cases except 3. Complexes 1 and 2 comprise a central Cu 2Cl 2 dimeric core with Cu(II) in an essentially square-pyramidal coordination environment. Complexes 3 and 4 contain Co(II) in a distorted octahedral coordination environment. In 3, the pyridyl and tetrazole rings of L2 are twisted with respect to each other and the complex adopts a puckered conformation in its equatorial plane. Complex 5 contains water molecules coordinated to Fe(II) in the axial sites, which form hydrogen bonds to the perchlorate counter anions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)289-296
Number of pages8
JournalPolyhedron
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Feb 2012

Keywords

  • Coordination chemistry
  • Pyridyl-tetrazole ligand
  • Transition metal
  • X-ray crystal structures

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