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  • Title: An unusually flexible expanded hexaamine cage and its Cu(II) complexes: variable coordination modes and incomplete encapsulation.
    Author: Qin CJ, James L, Chartres JD, Alcock LJ, Davis KJ, Willis AC, Sargeson AM, Bernhardt PV, Ralph SF.
    Journal: Inorg Chem; 2011 Sep 19; 50(18):9131-40. PubMed ID: 21806034.
    Abstract:
    The bicyclic hexaamine "cage" ligand Me(8)tricosaneN(6) (1,5,5,9,13,13,20,20-octamethyl-3,7,11,15,18,22-hexaazabicyclo[7.7.7]tricosane) is capable of encapsulating octahedral metal ions, yet its expanded cavity allows the complexed metal to adopt a variety of geometries comprising either hexadentate or pentadentate coordination of the ligand. When complexed to Cu(II) the lability of the metal results in a dynamic equilibrium in solution between hexadentate- and pentadentate-coordinated complexes of Me(8)tricosaneN(6). Both [Cu(Me(8)tricosaneN(6))](ClO(4))(2) (6-coordinate) and [Cu(Me(8)tricosaneN(6))](S(2)O(6)) (5-coordinate) have been characterized structurally. In weak acid (pH 1) a singly protonated complex [Cu(HMe(8)tricosaneN(6))](3+) has been isolated that finds the ligand binding as a pentadentate with the uncoordinated amine being protonated. vis-NIR and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy show that the predominant solution structure of [Cu(Me(8)tricosaneN(6))](2+) at neutral pH comprises a five-coordinate, square pyramidal complex. Cyclic voltammetry of the square pyramidal [Cu(Me(8)tricosaneN(6))](2+) complex reveals a reversible Cu(II/I) couple. All of these structural, spectroscopic, and electrochemical features contrast with the smaller cavity and well studied "sarcophagine" (sar, 3,6,10,13,16,19-hexaazabicyclo[6.6.6]eicosane) Cu(II) complexes which are invariably hexadentate coordinated in neutral solution and cannot stabilize a Cu(I) form.
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