A new series of linear N4O2 amine phenols
(H2
badd, H2
Brbadd, and
H2
Clbadd) based on
N,N‘-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine (tnentn) were prepared and characterized by
spectroscopic techniques. Monocationic hexadentate
metal complexes with the tnentn-based amine phenols were obtained from
the reactions of Ga3+ and In3+
with
the linear amine phenol in the presence of a weak base (acetate).
The molecular structure of
[Ga(Brbadd)]ClO4
has been determined by X-ray crystallography; crystals of
[Ga(Brbadd)][ClO4]
(C22H30Br2ClGaN4O6)
are
orthorhombic: a = 12.462(1) Å, b =
21.835(2) Å, c = 9.961(2) Å, Z =
4, space group P212121.
The structure
was solved by the Patterson method and was refined by full-matrix
least-squares procedures to R = 0.031
(R
w =
0.029) for 1924 reflections with I ≥
3σ(I). The Ga3+ ion is coordinated
in a distorted octahedral geometry by an
N4O2 donor atom set. The four nitrogen
atoms of the tetraamine backbone form the equatorial plane of
the
octahedron, and the two phenolate oxygen atoms are coordinated trans to
each other. Water-soluble 1,10-bis(2-hydroxy-5-sulfonylbenzyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazadecane
(H6
Sbad
2+),
1,12-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl-5-sulfonylbenzyl)-1,5,8,12-tetraazadodecane
(H6
Sbadd
2+), and
N,N‘-bis-(2-hydroxy-5-sulfonylbenzyl)-N,N‘-bis(2-methylpyridyl)ethylenediamine (H6
Sbbpen
2+) were
also prepared and characterized; potentiometric titrations of these
three ligands,
in the absence and presence of Ga3+ and
In3+, were performed to determine deprotonation constants
of the ligands
and the thermodynamic stabilities of Ga and In amine phenol complexes.
The formation constants of the Ga3+
and In3+ complexes with
Sbad
4- (Ga3+, log
β = 28.33(8); In3+, log β = 24.54(2)),
Sbadd
4- (Ga3+, log
β =
28.27(5); In3+, log β = 24.56 (5)), and
Sbbpen
4- (Ga3+, log
β = 35.33(8); In3+, log β = 34.85(5))
were obtained.
All six of the Ga and In hexadentate amine phenol complexes were
found to be very stable in aqueous solution.
With the exception of
[In(Sbadd)]-, all the complexes were
calculated to be thermodynamically stable with
respect to demetalation by transferrin at physiological pH. The
linear amine phenols showed a selectivity for
Ga3+ over In3+, while the
Sbbpen
4- derivative was
indiscriminate in binding the Ga3+ and In3+
ions.