(E)-6,6'-(Diazene-1,2-di-yl)bis-(1,10-phenanthrolin-5-ol) tri-chloro-methane disolvate: a superconjugated ligand

Muhib Ahmed; Michael Devereux; Vickie McKee; Malachy McCann; A Denise Rooney

doi:10.1107/S205698901900954X

(E)-6,6'-(Diazene-1,2-di-yl)bis-(1,10-phenanthrolin-5-ol) tri-chloro-methane disolvate: a superconjugated ligand

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2019 Jul 23;75(Pt 8):1224-1227. doi: 10.1107/S205698901900954X. eCollection 2019 Aug 1.

Authors

Muhib Ahmed¹, Michael Devereux², Vickie McKee^{3

4}, Malachy McCann¹, A Denise Rooney¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
² The Centre for Biomimetic & Therapeutic Research, Focas Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, City Campus, Camden Row, Dublin 8, Ireland.
³ Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Canpusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
⁴ School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland.

Abstract

Phenanthroline ligands are important metal-binding mol-ecules which have been extensively researched for applications in both material science and medicinal chemistry. Azo-benzene and its derivatives have received significant attention because of their ability to be reversibly switched between the E and Z forms and so could have applications in optical memory and logic devices or as mol-ecular machines. Herein we report the formation and crystal structure of a highly unusual novel diazo-diphenanthroline compound, C₂₄H₁₄N₆O₂·2CHCl₃.

Keywords: crystal structure; diazo; phenanthroline; superconjugated ligand.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by National University of Ireland, Maynooth Hume Scholarship grant .