Conformations, ligand ring isomers

The interpretation of the observed proton and C PCS led to the conclusion that the two structural isomers are enantiomeric pairs of diastereoisomers differing in the octadentate ligand conformation, namely, capped square antiprismatic (SA or M) and twisted capped square antipris-matic (TSA or m) geometries, respectively (Figure 5). " The Ln + coordination polyhedral of SA and TSA have two opposite parallel faces occupied by the ligand ring nitrogen... 

Inversion at the N center is coupled to conformational changes in a chelate ring. The kinetics of inversion at asymmetric N centers in complexes of tetraaza linear or macrocyclic ligands have received scant attention. There are five configurational isomers of the planar complex Ni([14]aneN4) +, Sec. 3.1.1. The interconversions between such structures are base catalyzed with second-order rate constants covering a small range from 1.2 x 10 to 2.4 x 10 M- s- Refs. 108-110. 

All these methods have found applications in theoretical considerations of numerous problems more or less directly related to solvent extraction. The MM calculated structures and strain energies of cobalt(III) amino acid complexes have been related to the experimental distribution of isomers, their thermodynamic stability, and some kinetic data connected with transition state energies [15]. The influence of steric strain upon chelate stability, the preference of metal ions for ligands forming five- and six-membered chelate rings, the conformational isomerism of macrocyclic ligands, and the size-match selectivity were analyzed [16] as well as the relation between ligand structures, coordination stereochemistry, and the thermodynamic properties of TM complexes [17]. 

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