The synthesis of the terpyridinoph
ane-ty
pe poly
amine 2,6,9,12,16-
pent
aaz
a[17]-(5,5' ')-cyclo-(2,2':6',2' ')-terpyridinoph
ane hept
ahydrobromide tetr
ahydr
ate (
L·7HBr·4H
2O) is described.
L presents six proton
ation const
ants withv
alues in the r
ange 9.21-3.27 log
arithmic units.
L inter
acts with Cu
2+ and Zn
2+ forming in both c
ases, neutr
al,proton
ated,
and hydroxyl
ated mono-
and binucle
ar complexes whose const
ants h
ave been c
alcul
ated by potentiometryin 0.15 M N
aClO
4 at 298.1 K. The cryst
al structures of the compounds [Cu(H
L-c
arb)(H
2O)](ClO
4)
3·2H
2O (
1)
and[Cu
2(H
2L)(CO
3)]
2(ClO
4)
8·9H
2O (
2) h
ave been solved by X-r
ay diffr
action. In
1, the met
al center presents squ
arepyr
amid
al geometry. The b
ase of the pyr
amid is formed by the three nitrogen
atoms of pyridine
and one oxygen
atom of
a CO
2 group which is forming
a c
arb
am
ate bond with the centr
al nitrogen
atom of the poly
amine ch
ain.The
axi
al position is occupied by
a w
ater molecule. In
2, one Cu
2+ is bound by the three pyridine nitrogens
andthe other one by the three centr
al nitrogen
atoms of the poly
amine ch
ain. The squ
are pl
an
ar coordin
ation geometryis completed by
a c
arbon
ate group t
aken up from the
atmosphere th
at beh
aves
as
a bridging
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and betweenthe two centers. The pH-metric titr
ations on the tern
ary Cu
2+-
L-c
arbon
ate
and Zn
2+-
L-c
arbon
ate systems showthe extensive form
ation of
adduct s
pecies which
above pH 6
are formed qu
antit
atively in solution. The stoichiometriesof the m
ain s
pecies formed in solution
at pH = 6.8
agree with those found in the cryst
alline compounds. CO
2upt
ake by the Zn
2+ and Cu
2+ 1:1 complexes in
aqueous solution h
as
also been followed by recording the v
ari
ationsin the b
and
at c
a. 300 nm. The form
ation of the Zn
2+ c
arb
am
ate moiety h
as been evidenced by
13C NMR
and ESIs
pectroscopy.