1,10-phenanthroline ligand complexes with

It has been established, that both DN and Ibp form complex compounds with ions Eu(III), Sm(III), Tb(III) and Dy(III), possessing luminescent properties. The most intensive luminescence is observed for complex compounds with ion Tb(III). It has been shown, that complexation has place in low acidic and neutral water solutions at pH 6,4-7,0. From the data of luminescence intensity for the complex the ratio of component Tb Fig was established equal to 1 2 by the continuous variations method. Presence at a solution of organic bases 2,2 -bipyridil, (Bipy) and 1,10-phenanthroline (Phen) causes the analytical signal amplification up to 250 (75) times as a result of the Bipy (Phen) inclusion in inner coordination sphere and formation of different ligands complexes with component ratio Tb Fig Bipy (Phen) = 1 2 1. 

Ligands (53) and (54) (L) form the complexes FeL X2 (X = Cl. Br. or I). for which spectral data suggest square-pyramidal structures.241 I.IO-Phenanthroline-2-carbo-thioamide and its -phenyl-derivative form both mono- and bis-ligand complexes with iron(u). which exhibit temperature-dependent spin-equilibria. In the monoligand complexes the metal atom is believed to be six-co-ordinate.242... 

The fluorescence properties of several europium and samarium ) -diketonates have been measured and assignments of the transitions made. Rare-earth element hexafluoroacetylacetonates with amino-acids have also been reported to fluoresce. The luminescence of the heptafluoroheptane-2,4-dione complexes of Sm, Eu, and Tb has been measured in dilute ethanol at pH8 and 610nm mixed-ligand complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline exhibited an enhanced luminescence. Photolysis of the Tb chelate of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione has been examined at 311 nm in various alcohols, and loss of one -diketone ligand found to be the primary photochemical step. A linear correlation was demonstrated between the quantum yield of dissociation of the complex and the formation constant of the complex-alcohol adduct. 

Interestingly, the rate constants for Diels-Alder reaction of the ternary complexes with 3.9 are remarkably similar. Only with 2,2 -bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline as ligands, a significant change in reactivity is observed. It might well be that the inability of these complexes to adopt a planar geometry hampers the interaction between the copper ion and the dienophile, resulting in a decrease of the rate of the catalysed Diels-Alder reaction. 

Helquist et al. [129] have reported molecular mechanics calculations to predict the suitability of a number of chiral-substituted phenanthrolines and their corresponding palladium-complexes for use in asymmetric nucleophilic substitutions of allylic acetates. Good correlation was obtained with experimental results, the highest levels of asymmetric induction being predicted and obtained with a readily available 2-(2-bornyl)-phenanthroline ligand (90 in Scheme 50). Kocovsky et al. [130] prepared a series of chiral bipyridines, also derived from monoterpene (namely pinocarvone or myrtenal). They synthesized and characterized corresponding Mo complexes, which were found to be moderately enantioselective in allylic substitution (up to 22%). 

There are more examples of a second type in which the chirality of the metal center is the result of the coordination of polydentate ligands. The easiest case is that of octahedral complexes with at least two achiral bidentate ligands coordinated to the metal ion. The prototype complex with chirality exclusively at the metal site is the octahedral tris-diimine ruthenium complex [Ru(diimine)3 with diimine = bipyridine or phenanthroline. As shown in Fig. 2 such a complex can exist in two enantiomeric forms named A and A [6,7]. The bidentate ligands are achiral and the stereoisomery results from the hehcal chirality of the coordination and the propeller shape of the complex. The absolute configuration is related to the handness of the hehx formed by the hgands when rotated... 

There are very few examples of asymmetric synthesis using optically pure ions as chiral-inducing agents for the control of the configuration at the metal center. Chiral anions for such an apphcation have recently been reviewed by Lacour [19]. For example, the chiral enantiomerically pure Trisphat anion was successfully used for the stereoselective synthesis of tris-diimine-Fe(ll) complex, made configurationally stable because of the presence of a tetradentate bis(l,10-phenanthroline) ligand (Fig. 9) [29]. Excellent diastereoselectivity (>20 1) was demonstrated as a consequence of the preferred homochiral association of the anion and the iron(ll) complex and evidence for a thermodynamic control of the selectivity was obtained. The two diastereoisomers can be efficiently separated by ion-pair chromatography on silica gel plates with excellent yields. 

These are thermodynamically relatively weak oxidants (Table 18) and their action is relatively restricted, for example, to inorganic ions of moderate reducing power such as iodide, to polyfunctional organic compounds such as hydroxy-acids, and, in the cases of Ag(I) and Cu(II), to CO and H2. Fe(III) is particularly affected by hydrolysis and all these oxidants form complexes with suitable ligands. Cyanide ion and 1,10-phenanthroline form strong complexes with Fe(III) which greatly affect its behaviour. Tris-l,10-phenanthrolineiron(III) (ferriin) displays... 

Molecular Metal Complexes Compounds of this type do not form delocalized electronic bands in the sohd state, and their color is due to intramolecular electronic transitions. Many complexes of transition metals with organic ligands belong to this class. complexes with phenanthroline (red/colorless) and Ru + + with 2,2 -... 

The dimethylplatinum(II) complexes having chelate nitrogen ligands, [PtMe2(N-N)] (N-N = 2,2 -bipyridyl or 1,10-phenanthroline) (46) reacted with alcohols (ROH, R = Me, Et, Pr) to give hygroscopic and basic platinum(IV) complexes. 

In a continuation of their earlier work,1 Hathaway and co-workers investigated crystal structures, electronic properties, and structural pathways for a series of five-coordinate complexes with two 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligands and axial ligands [(phen)2CuCl]Y [Y BF4 -0.51120 (269), PF6-(270), CF3S03--H20 (271) or BPh4 (272)],243 [(phen)2Cu(H20)][Y]2... 

The treatment of gold(III) complexes with the rigid bidentate ligand phen allows the synthesis of pseudo-pentacoordinate gold(III) derivatives. This is the case of [Au(dmp)(phen)PPh3](BF4)2 (288) (dmp = 2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl)1699 or [AuCl(C4Ph4)(phen)].16 2 The donor atoms of the phenanthroline ligand occupy one equatorial and the axial position of a square pyramid with distances 2.154(8)A and 2.627(10)A in (288). 

Complexation of Cd with a series of polyamine macrocycles, but also related open-chain polyamines, comprising or attached to the 2,2 -bipyridine (bipy) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) moieties, has been studied by combined UV/vis spectrometry and potentiometry.24 Formation constants and distribution diagrams of the species present have been evaluated. As a result the thermodynamic stabilities, i.e., the formation constants, are lower for the bipy- and phen-contain-ing ligands than those for Cd complexes with aliphatic oligoaza macrocycles containing the same number of N donors. The probable reason is loss of flexibility of the ligands caused by the size and stiffness of the inserted heteroaromatic moieties. 

For a particular iron(III) oxidant, the rate constant (log kpe) for electron transfer is strongly correlated with the ionization potential Ip of the various alkylmetal donors in Figure 4 (left) (6). The same correlation extends to the oxidation of alkyl radicals, as shown in Figure 4 (right) (2). [The cause of the bend (curvature) in the correlation is described in a subsequent section.] Similarly, for a particular alkylmetal donor, the rate constant (log kpe) for electron transfer in eq 1 varies linearly with the standard reduction potentials E° of the series of iron(III) complexes FeL33+, with L = substituted phenanthroline ligands (6). 

Activation volumes for aquation of Schiff base complexes [Fe(C5H4NCH=NHR)3]2+ (R = Me, Et, nPr, nBu) are between +11 and +14 cm3 mol-1 (107), and thus within the range established earlier (108) for (substituted) tris-l,10-phenanthroline-iron(II) complexes, viz. +11 to +22 cm3 mol-1. These positive values are consistent with dissociative activation. Kinetic studies of the reaction of a CH2S(CH2)3SCH2 -linked bis(terpy) ligand (L6) with [Fe(terpy)2]2+ showed a very slow two-step process. The suggested mechanism consisted of slow loss of one terpy, rapid formation of [Fe(terpy)(L6)], and finally slow displacement of the second terpy as the partially-bonded L6 becomes hexadentate (109). 

Mixed-ligand Cu(II) complexes with salicylato and phenanthroline derivatives as ligands can also be highly cytotoxic (231). Mixed-ligand Cu(II) amino acid phenanthroline complexes (Casiopeinas) such as [Cu(L-Ser)(phen)(H20)]+ 52 are reported to be effective anticancer agents (232). It is possible that a complex in this class will soon enter clinical trials. 

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