<
SUP>13C NMR
studie
s are con
si
stent with
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s((
R)-2-hydroxy-2-phenylethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (
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R-thpec12) and it
s eight-coordinatealkali-metal complexe
s,
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R-thpec12)]
+,exi
stingpredominantly a
s single
square antipri
smatic
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stereomer
s indimethylformamide. Molecular orbitalcalculation
s show the parallel
square oxygen and nitrogen plane
s todelineate the
square antipri
smatic
structureof
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R-thpec12 and
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s/gifchar
s/Delta.gif" BORDER=0 >[M(
R-thpec12)]
+ where the ba
sketdefined by the four phenyl group
s of
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R-thpec12become
s increa
singly
shallow a
s the M
+ radiu
s increa
se
sfrom Na
+ to C
s+ and the four oxygen
s movefurtherapart. An intramolecular exchange proce
ss, involving doubleinver
sion of all four nitrogen center
s, occur
s in
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R-thpec12 for which
k(298.2 K) = 46300 ±1800
s-1,
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H
s/entities/thermod.gif"> =40.8 ± 0.4 kJ mol
-1, and
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S
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-1 mol
-1.In [M(
R-thpec12)]
+ thi
s proce
ss i
scharacterized by
k(298.2 K) = 233 ± 2, 98 ± 1, 4900±100, 33500 ± 1000, and 34500 ± 1100
s-1,
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H
s/entities/thermod.gif"> = 34.6 ± 0.3, 46.1 ± 0.2, 42.7 ±0.3, 39.1 ± 0.3, and 38.5± 0.3 kJ mol
-1, and
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S
s/entities/thermod.gif"> = -83.5 ± 1.1, -52.2 ± 0.7,-31.1 ± 1.2, -27.2 ± 1.2, and -28.9 ± 1.3 JK
-1mol
-1, re
spectively, when M
+= Li
+, Na
+, K
+,Rb
+, and C
s+. For intermolecularligand exchange on
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R-thpec12)]
+, decomplexation i
s characterized by
kd(298.2 K) = 396 ± 3, 156 ± 3, and152000 ± 6000
s-1,
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Hd
s/entities/thermod.gif"> = 46.0 ± 0.3, 62.3 ±0.5, and 69.8 ± 0.5 kJ mol
-1, and
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Sd
s/entities/thermod.gif"> = -40.9 ± 1.0, 6.0± 1.9, and 88.4 ±2.1 J K
-1 mol
-1,re
spectively, when M
+ = Li
+,Na
+, and K
+. The
stability con
stant,
K, of
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R-thpec12)]
+varie
s a
s M
+ change
s in the
sequence Li
+(3.13 ± 0.05), Na
+ (4.25 ± 0.05), K
+(4.10 ± 0.05), Rb
+ (3.57± 0.05), C
s+ (3.47 ± 0.05), and Ag
+(8.14 ± 0.03), where the figure
s in parenthe
se
s arelog(
K/(dm
3mol
-1))determined in dimethylformamide by potentiometric titration at 298.2 Kand
I = 0.05 mol dm
-3(NEt
4ClO
4).