Macrocyclic ligands dimensionality

While anion complexation might more appropriately be divided according to the complexity of the anion, the format followed in the preceding two subsections will be maintained for this section, i.e. subdivision according to the dimensionality of the macrocycles (mono-, bi- and tri-cyclic systems). A brief overview of anion complexation will, however, be presented in this introductory subsection. The types of anions which undergo complexation with macrocyclic ligands are categorized below. 

The energetics of isomer prediction using molecular mechanics is discussed in detail in Chapter 7. One of the results of such a study is the structure of each of the isomers.The archetypal studies in this field relate to the complexes [Co(dien)2]3+ (dien = 3-azapentane-l,5-diamine see Chapter 7). Other important studies include those on macrocyclic ligands (see also Chapter 8). Tetraaza macrocyclic ligands, for example, can adopt a series of configurational isomers, and these have been the subject of numerous molecular mechanics calculations. Consider an equatorially coordinated tetraaza macrocylce. Each of the amine groups can coordinate with the amine proton or substituent disposed above or below the coordination plane. How many isomers result depends on the symmetry of the macrocycle. For example, in the classic case of cyclam (cyclam - 14-ane-N4 = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) there are five isomers[12] and these are shown schematically in Fig. 6.3. It is not always possible to prepare or separate all of these isomers and, therefore, in many cases only a minority have been structurally characterized. Thus, the energy-minimized structures represent the best available three-dimensional representations of the other isomers. 

The reactions that we considered in Section 6.8 all gave planar macrocyclic systems. It is also possible to introduce a little more three dimensional structure into the macrocyclic ligands by the use of suitable structured diamines in these reactions. For example, the reaction of 6.59 with formaldehyde and ammonia in the presence of nickel(n) salts gives the complex 6.60. Notice that the overall stoichiometry of the reaction involves one equi-... 

What should we do to observe a three-dimensional template effect First, we should choose a reaction type that we know to be effective for the formation of macrocyclic ligands and extend the methodology to a kinetically inert cP or d6 metal centre. Let us reconsider the reaction, that we first encountered in Fig. 6-11. In this reaction, a dioximato complex reacted with BF3 to give the nickel(n) complex of a dianionic macrocycle (Fig. 7-1). 

The use of porphyrinic ligands in polymeric systems allows their unique physio-chemical features to be integrated into two (2D)- or three-dimensional (3D) structures. As such, porphyrin or pc macrocycles have been extensively used to prepare polymers, usually via a radical polymerization reaction (85,86) and more recently via iterative Diels-Alder reactions (87-89). The resulting polymers have interesting materials and biological applications. For example, certain pc-based polymers have higher intrinsic conductivities and better catalytic activity than their parent monomers (90-92). The first example of a /jz-based polymer was reported in 1999 by Montalban et al. (36). These polymers were prepared by a ROMP of a norbor-nadiene substituted pz (Scheme 7, 34). This pz was the first example of polymerization of a porphyrinic macrocycle by a ROMP reaction, and it represents a new general route for the synthesis of polymeric porphyrinic-type macrocycles. 

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