Reactions of[Ni(tren)(H
2O)
2]X
2(tren = tris(2-aminoethyl)amine; X = Cl (
1a),Br (
1b); X
2 = SO
4 (
1c))withmannose-type aldoses, having a 2,3-
cis configuration(
D-mannose and
L-rhamnose), afforded{bis(
N-aldosyl-2-aminoethyl)(2-aminoethyl)amine}nickel(II)complexes,[Ni(
N,
N'-(aldosyl)
2-tren)]X
2(aldosyl =
D-mannosyl, X= Cl (
2a), Br (
2b), X
2 =SO
4 (
2c); aldosyl =
L-rhamnosyl,X
2 = SO
4 (
3c)). The structureof
1c was confirmedby X-ray crystallography to be a mononuclear[Ni
IIN
4O
2] complex with the trenacting as a tetradentate ligand(
1c·2H
2O: orthorhombic,
Pbca,
a = 15.988(2) Å,
b =18.826(4) Å,
c = 10.359(4) Å,
V =3118 Å
3,
Z = 8,
R= 0.047, and
Rw = 0.042). Complexes
2a,
c and
3c were characterized byX-ray analyses to have a mononuclearoctahedral Ni(II) structure ligated by a hexadentate
N-glycoside ligand,bis(
N-aldosyl-2-aminoethyl)(2-aminoethyl)amine (
2a·CH
3OH: orthorhombic,
P2
12
12
1,
a= 16.005(3) Å,
b = 20.095(4) Å,
c= 8.361(1) Å,
V = 2689Å
3,
Z = 4,
R = 0.040, and
Rw = 0.027.
2c·3CH
3OH: orthorhombic,
P2
12
12
1,
a= 14.93(2) Å,
b = 21.823(8) Å,
c= 9.746(2) Å,
V = 3176 Å
3,
Z = 4,
R = 0.075, and
Rw = 0.080.
3c·3CH
3OH: orthorhombic,
P2
12
12
1,
a=14.560(4) Å,
b = 21.694(5) Å,
c =9.786(2) Å,
V = 3091 Å
3,
Z= 4,
R = 0.072, and
Rw =0.079). The sugarpart of the complex involves novel intramolecular sugar-sugarhydrogen bondings around the metal center. Thesimilar reaction with
D-glucose,
D-glucosamine,and
D-galactosamine, having a 2,3-
transconfiguration, resultedin the formation of a mono(sugar) complex,[Ni(
N-(aldosyl)-tren)(H
2O)
2]Cl
2(aldosyl =
D-glucosyl (
4b),2-amino-2-deoxy-
D-glucosyl (
5a), and2-amino-2-deoxy-
D-galactosyl (
5b)), instead of abis(sugar) complex. The hydrogenbondings between the sugar moieties as observed in
2 and
3 should be responsible for the assembly of twosugarmolecules on the metal center. Reactions oftris(
N-aldosyl-2-aminoethyl)amine withnickel(II) salts gave thetris(sugar) complexes,[Ni(
N,
N',
N''-(aldosyl)
3-tren)]X
2(aldosyl =
D-mannosyl, X = Cl (
6a), Br(
6b);
L-rhamnosyl,X = Cl (
7a), Br (
7b);
D-glucosyl, X= Cl (
9); maltosyl, X = Br (
10); andmelibiosyl, X = Br (
11)), which wereassumed to have a shuttle-type
C3 symmetricalstructure with
helical configuration for
D-type aldoseson thebasis of circular dichroism and
13C NMR spectra. Whentris(
N-rhamnosyl)-tren was reacted withNiSO
4·6H
2Oat low temperature, a labile neutral complex,[Ni(
N,
N',
N''-(
L-rhamnosyl)
3-tren)(SO
4)](
8), was successfully isolatedand characterized by X-ray crystallography, in which three sugarmoieties are anchored only at the N atom of theC-1 position(
8·3CH
3OH·H
2O:orthorhombic,
P2
12
12
1,
a = 16.035(4) Å,
b = 16.670(7) Å,
c = 15.38(1) Å,
V= 4111 Å
3,
Z = 4,
R = 0.084,and
Rw = 0.068). Complex
8could be regarded as an intermediate species towardthe
C3 symmetrical tris(sugar) complexes
7, and in fact, it was readily transformed to
7bby an action of BaBr
2.