The co-ordination chemistry of bis(2,2'-bipyrid-6'-yl)ketone with first row transition metals: the reversible interconversion of a mononuclear complex and a dinuclear hemiketal containing species

James C Knight; Angelo J Amoroso; Peter G Edwards; Ravi Prabaharan; Neha Singh

doi:10.1039/c0dt00344a

The co-ordination chemistry of bis(2,2'-bipyrid-6'-yl)ketone with first row transition metals: the reversible interconversion of a mononuclear complex and a dinuclear hemiketal containing species

Dalton Trans. 2010 Oct 14;39(38):8925-36. doi: 10.1039/c0dt00344a. Epub 2010 Aug 16.

Authors

James C Knight¹, Angelo J Amoroso, Peter G Edwards, Ravi Prabaharan, Neha Singh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University, PO Box 912, Cardiff, CF10 3TB.

PMID: 20714623
DOI: 10.1039/c0dt00344a

Abstract

Bis(2,2'-bipyrid-6'-yl)ketone has been shown to co-ordinate to Zn(II) to form either a dinuclear hemiketal complex in methanol solutions or mononuclear complexes in acetonitrile. The ligand readily complexes to the late transition metals in acetonitrile to yield mononuclear complexes (Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II),Zn(II) and Cd(II)) however for Fe(II) only dinuclear complexes [Fe(2){(2-bipy)(2)C(OMe)O(-)}(2)][ClO(4)](2) could be isolated. The solid state structures of the mononuclear complexes exhibit varying degrees of distortion compared to an anticipated planar array of bipyridyl donors.