The macrocyclic hexanuclear metal cluster, [Mn
III6(fshz)
6S
6],
1 (S = MeOH), was prepared using a trianionicpentadentate ligand,
N-formylsalicylhydrazidate (fshz
3-). Due to the meridional coordination of the ligand to themetal ion, the ligand is not only bridging the ring metal ions using a hydrazide N-N group but also enforcing thestereochemistry of the metal ions as a propeller configuration. The alternations of the chiralities of the metalcenters expand the cyclic ring system of complex
1 to the 24-membered ring system. The neutral hexanuclearmanganese complex with noncrystallographic pseudo-
C3i symmetry is in the crystallographic inversion center.The disc-shaped hexanuclear cluster is 1.8 nm in diameter and 0.8 nm in thickness and has a vacant cavity in thecenter of the cluster. Three solvent molecules coordinated at the metal centers with
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configuration are in oneface of the cluster, and the remaining three solvent molecules coordinated at the other metal centers with
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configuration are in the other face of the cluster. The two faces of the cluster have opposite chiralities to eachother. The crystal packing structure of complex
1 shows that the disc-shaped hexanuclear clusters are alignedapproximately along the crystallographic
a axis. The cavities of the clusters in the crystal structure are alsoaligned, and one-dimensional channels are formed. The solution integrity of the cluster was addressed usingsolution mass spectrometry, paramagnetically shifted
1H NMR spectroscopy, and UV-visible spectroscopy.Crystallographic data for
1: triclinic,
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,
a = 10.0237(9) Å,
b = 15.096(1) Å,
c = 15.617(1) Å,
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= 112.142(5)
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,
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= 106.615(5)
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,
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= 99.958(7)
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,
V = 1989.8(3) Å
3,
Z = 2,
Dcalcd = 1.510 g cm
-1,
R1 = 0.0502 and w
R2= 0.1424 for 4249 reflections with
I > 2
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(
I), GOF = 1.065.