Construction of Chiral [4 + 4] and [2 + 2] Schiff-Base Macrocyclic Zinc(II) Complexes Influenced by Counterions and Pendant Arms

Yong Hu; Lei Zhang; Fei-Fan Chang; Pei-Chen Zhao; Gen-Feng Feng; Kun Zhang; Wei Huang

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01493

Construction of Chiral [4 + 4] and [2 + 2] Schiff-Base Macrocyclic Zinc(II) Complexes Influenced by Counterions and Pendant Arms

Inorg Chem. 2016 Sep 6;55(17):8260-2. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01493. Epub 2016 Aug 9.

Authors

Yong Hu¹, Lei Zhang¹, Fei-Fan Chang¹, Pei-Chen Zhao¹, Gen-Feng Feng¹, Kun Zhang¹, Wei Huang¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210093, P. R. China.

PMID: 27504869
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01493

Abstract

Chiral and racemic 68-membered [4 + 4] tetranuclear and 34-membered [2 + 2] dinuclear Schiff-base macrocyclic zinc(II) complexes 1-10 can be selectively synthesized based on the secondary template effects of counterions and pendant arms, when [(S,S), (R,R), (±)]-1,2-diaminocyclohexane precursors are first used to react with a pair of extended dialdehydes with different pendant arms via zinc(II) ion template-assisted imine condensation.