Metal-organic frameworks from chiral square-pyramidal copper(II) complexes: Enantiospecific inclusion and perfectly polar alignment of guest and host molecules

Journal Article · Mon Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 2007 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2006.10.002· OSTI ID:21015629

Muppidi, Vamsee Krishna ^[1]; Zacharias, Panthapally S ^[1]; Pal, Samudranil ^[1]

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1. School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046 (India)

The physical properties of [CuL{sup 1} {sub 2}(H{sub 2}O)] (1) and [CuL{sup 2} {sub 2}(H{sub 2}O)] (2) and preparation and crystal structures of the inclusion compounds 1.(P)-C{sub 2}H{sub 4}Br{sub 2}, 2.(M)-C{sub 2}H{sub 4}Br{sub 2}, 1.CH{sub 3}CN and 2.CH{sub 3}CN are described. HL{sup 1} and HL{sup 2} (H represents the dissociable phenolic proton) are the N,O-donor chiral reduced Schiff bases N-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl)-(R)-{alpha}-methyl-benzylamine and N-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl)-(S)-{alpha}-methylbenzylamine, respectively. All the compounds crystallize in the non-centrosymmetric space group C2. In the crystal lattice, the host [CuL {sup n} {sub 2}(H{sub 2}O)] (1 and 2) molecules connected by O-H...O and C-H...O interactions form perfectly polar two-dimensional networks. In these chiral and polar host frameworks, enantiospecific inclusion with polar ordering of the right-handed (P) and the left-handed (M) gauche form of 1,2-dibromoethane as well as polar alignment of acetonitrile molecules are observed. The host and guest molecules are linked by C-H...O interactions. The O-atoms of the nitro substituent on the ligands of 1 and 2 act as the acceptors in all these intermolecular O-H...O and C-H...O interactions. The structures reported in this work provide rare examples of enantiospecific trapping of the chiral rotamers of 1,2-dibromoethane as well as perfectly polar alignment of both guest and host molecules. - Graphical abstract: The square-pyramidal Cu(II) complexes [CuL {sup n} {sub 2}(H{sub 2}O)] with the bidentate HL {sup n} (HL{sup 1}=N-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl)-(R)-{alpha}-methyl-benzylamine and HL{sup 2}=N-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl)-(S)-{alpha}-methylbenzylamine) form 1:1 host-guest compounds with Br(CH{sub 2}){sub 2}Br and CH{sub 3}CN. The X-ray structures of these species reveal the enantiospecific confinement of the chiral rotamers of Br(CH{sub 2}){sub 2}Br and perfectly polar ordering of both host and guest molecules in the crystal lattice. The figure shows the polar alignments of (a) [CuL{sup 1} {sub 2}(H{sub 2}O)].(P)-C{sub 2}H{sub 4}Br{sub 2} and (b) [CuL{sup 2} {sub 2}(H{sub 2}O)].CH{sub 3}CN.

• OSTI ID: 21015629
• Journal Information: Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 180; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ACETONITRILE
CHIRALITY
CLATHRATES
COPPER COMPLEXES
CRYSTAL LATTICES
ENANTIOMORPHS
INTERACTIONS
LIGANDS
PHENOLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROTONS
SCHIFF BASES
SPACE GROUPS