The
o-phenylenediamine-derived disulfonamide lig
ands
1 and 2 complex
and efficiently extract Pb(II) from waterinto 1,2-dichloroethane via ion-exchange, in combination with 2,2'-bipyridine (97.5%
and 95.0%, respectively, for1:1 lig
and-to-Pb ratios). The corresponding Pb(II)-sulfonamido binary complexes of lig
ands
1 and 2 (
3 and 4,respectively),
and ternary complexes with 2,2'-bipyridine (
5 and 6, respectively), were isolated
and characterized.
1H NMR spectra of the organic phases after extraction show the formation of ternary Pb-sulfonamido-bipy complexes.X-ray characterization of
3,
4,
and the ternary complex
5 consistently demonstrates four primary coordination sites
and a stereochemically active lone pair on Pb. The X-ray structure of
3 shows a pseudo trigonal bipyramidalconfiguration on Pb, with the lone pair occupying one of the equatorial sites,
and the formation of an unusual"hemidirected" coordination polymer via axial S=O-Pb coordination. The same axial S=O-Pb coordination patternwith two DMSO molecules is observed in the structure of
4·[2(CH
3)
2SO)], thus rationalizing the high solubility ofthe binary complexes in strongly coordinating solvents. In contrast, the X-ray structure of the ternary complex
5reveals a distorted four-coordinate configuration with only weak S=O-Pb coordination leading to dimer formation,thus explaining its higher solubility in weakly coordinating solvents. FT-IR spectroscopy confirms the X-ray data,since the lig
and
S=O stretching frequencies shift to lower values in the binary Pb(II)-sulfonamido complexes
andare again altered upon formation of the ternary Pb(II)-sulfonamido-bipy complexes, as would be expected for2,2'-bipy complexation
and hindered S=O-Pb coordination.