C 42.50H50ClN9O8.50Zn, monoclinic, C12/c1(no. 15
Source of materialReagents and solvents used were of commercially available quality. To as tirred solution of tris(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-ylmethyl)amine (89.9 mg, 0.2 mmol) in hot MeOH (10 ml) Zn(ClO 4 ) 2 (H 2 O) 6 (74.5 mg, 0.2 mmol) was added ,followed by a solution of sodium cinnamate (34.0 mg, 0.2 mmol) in MeOH (5 ml). Acolorless crystalline product formed rapidly.
Experimental DetailsAll Ha toms were found in difference electron maps and were subsequently refined in ar iding-model approximation with C-H distances ranging from 0.95 to 0.99 Å and O-H distance 0.84 Å and U iso(H) =1.2 Ueq of the carrier atom.
DiscussionModel systems that mimic the active sites of metalloenzymes are important not only for the understanding of enzyme mechanisms, but also for the development biomimetic catalysts with low molecular weight. Histidine imidazole plays an important role in the coordination of manganese at the active sites of numerous proteins [1]. For example, superoxide dismutases (SOD), which are contained in microbes, plants and animals, protects cells against oxygen toxicity, because these enzymes catalyse the conversion of superoxide to hydrogen peroxide and dioxygen via redoxactive metals [2,3]. The tetradentate tripodal ligand, tris(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-ylmethyl)amine, is similar to the histidine imidazole in coordination aspects [4,5]. Since the three arms of this type of ligand can each rotate freely around an N(apical)-Cbond, multicomponent complexes or coordination polymeric networks may be expected to form the assembly of this ligand by metal ions of low coordination number. In the crystal structure of the title mononuclear zinc(II) complex, the asymemetric unit consists of a[ Zn(tris(1-methylbenz imidazol-2-ylmethyl)amine) (cinnamato)] + cation, aperchlorate anion, two DMF molecules and half methanol molecule. The tripodal ligand tris(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-ylmethyl)amine forms atripodal pyramidal environment around zinc, and the remaining open axial site of the complex is occupied by a cinnamato anion. The zinc(II) atom is five-coordinated with a N 4Oligand donor set and has adistorted trigonal bipyramidal environments. All the bond lengths related to the zinc atom are comparable to the values observed in other complexes [6,7]. The atoms of the cinnamate ligand are disordered over two sites of approximately 2.1 :1occupancy. The lattice methanol molecule is disordered over two positions with equal occupancy. Two DMF molecules are also disordered.