Coordination spheres bridging

Results from an array of methods, including X-ray absorption, EXAFS, esr and magnetic circular dichroism, suggest that in all ureases the active sites are a pair of Ni" atoms. In at least one urease,these are 350 pm apart and are bridged by a carboxylate group. One nickel is attached to 2 N atoms with a fourth site probably used for binding to urea. The second nickel has a trigonal bipyramidal coordination sphere. 

Upon recrystallization, [Ni(tpzlmtacn)]2+ affords [Ni(L)(MeCN)]2+ (L = l,4-bis(pyrazol-l-ylmethyl)-l,4,7-triazacyclononane) via a N-dealkylation reaction and loss of a pendent arm.1420 More rational routes to Ni complexes of tacn ligands with only one or two pendent arms have been developed.1431,1432 In [Ni(L)(X) ]x (e.g., L= l-(3-aminopropyl)-l,4,7-triazacyclononane (n = 2) or l-(l-methylimidazol-2-ylmethyl)-l,4,7-triazacyclononane (n = 2) or l,4-bis(l-methyl-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)-l,4,7-triazacyclononane (n = 1), the coordination sphere is completed by additional ligands that bind either terminal (X = C1 , H20) or bridge two metal ions (X = N3 , OH, oxalate). The Ni11 complex of l,4-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-l,4,7-triazacyclononane has been shown to be extremely inert to ligand dissociation in aqueous solution.1433 In (562), the tacn ligand provides a single bidentate arm.1434... 

The presence of halides in the coordination sphere with aldehydes is important as zinc halides are typically used in organic synthesis as organic carbonyl activators. Large excesses of aldehydes and anhydrous zinc halides were necessary. Both monomeric and polymeric structures with halide bridges were observed. Tetrahedral geometries were observed for mixed ligand, aldehyde, and halide complexes.353... 

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