Coordination compounds multidentate complexes

Square-planar zinc compounds predominate with these ligand types as would be predicted. This is in contrast to the prevalence of tetrahedral or distorted tetrahedral geometries for four-coordinate species that have been discussed thus far. Zinc porphyrin complexes are frequently used as building blocks in the formation of supramolecular structures. Zinc porphyrins can also act as electron donors and antenna in the formation of photoexcited states. Although the coordination of zinc to the porphyrin shows little variation, the properties of the zinc-coordinated compounds are extremely important and form the most extensively structurally characterized multidentate ligand class in the CSD. The examples presented here reflect only a fraction of these compounds but have been selected as recent and representative examples. Expanded ring porphyrins have also... 

The main use of ligand reactions in synthesis is in the construction of multidentate chelates. In this manner, the field of coordination chemistry has been enriched, as the development of new ligands has led to the introduction of new influences in metal ions. The various properties of coordination compounds are considered elsewhere in this book, but this chapter will focus attention on the synthesis of new ligands and complexes as a consequence of ligand reactions. 

Thioether ligand complexes are not very common, however, studies since the mid 1990s have dramatically increased the number of structurally characterized examples. Almost all of these compounds are with chelate or macrocyclic ligands that will stabilize thioether coordination. Mixed donor multidentate ligands containing thioether donors will be discussed in Section 6.8.11. 

Scheme 6 represents coordinate polymers. A low-molecular-weight compound with multidentate groups on both ends of the molecule grows into a linear polymer with metal ions, and the polymer chain is composed of coordinate bonds. The parquetlike polymer complexes, poly(metal-phthalocyanine) and poly(metal-tetracyano-ethylene), are classified into Scheme 7. They are formed by inserting metal ions into planar-network polymers or by causing a low-molecular-weight ligand derivative to react with a metal salt and a condensation reagent.

A variety of chelate complexes of Al3+ with N and/or O donor atoms are known through stability constant data.7,8 Their formation illustrates several aspects of A1 coordination chemistry. Chelates and other multidentate ligand systems provide a means of regulating the reactivity of aluminum compounds. For example, A1 alkoxides can be converted to amino alcohol derivatives to confer water solubility and a degree of hydrolytic stability on otherwise water-sensitive materials. 

Reactions of these ligands have not been studied in aqueous solution. However, their complexes are readily synthesized and are stable but reactive towards heteroligands [41,42], The reported structures all show the vanadium coordinated in monomeric units after the fashion depicted in Scheme 4.9. The multidentate thiolato complexes with tri- or tetradentate functionality are sufficient to satisfy the coordination requirements of the vanadium nucleus. Structurally, the compounds are not much different from analogous complexes formed with oxygen ligands (Section 4.4.2). 

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