[Fe(tmca)2]3+ and
[Co(tmca)2]3+ (tmca =
all-cis-2,4,6-trimethoxycyclohexane-1,3,5-triamine) were
prepared and
characterized by elemental analyses, NMR, and FAB+ mass
spectrometry and by spectroscopic methods (UV−vis). Magnetic susceptibility measurements established a low-spin
d5 electron configuration for the FeIII
hexaamine
complex. In aqueous solution, cyclic voltammetry revealed a quasi
reversible one electron reduction for both
complexes with MIII/MII redox potentials of
+0.16 and −0.30 V (vs SHE), respectively. The two
compounds
[M(tmca)2]Cl3·5H2O·EtOH
(C20H58Cl3MN6O12,
M = Fe, Co) are isostructural. They both crystallize in the
triclinic
space group P1̄, Z = 2. Fe complex:
a = 10.338(3) Å, b = 13.062(4) Å,
c = 14.042(4) Å, α = 80.20(2)°, β
=
72.07(2)°, γ = 69.11(2)°. Co complex:
a = 10.307(3) Å, b = 13.066(2) Å,
c = 14.029(2) Å, α =
80.14(1)°,
β = 72.18(2)°, γ = 69.55(2)°. The ligand
tmca is compared with the unsubstituted
1,3,5-triamino-1,3,5-trideoxy-cis-inositol (taci) and the N-methylated
1,3,5-trideoxy-1,3,5-tris(dimethylamino)-cis-inositol
(tdci). Due to the
methyl groups on the oxygen donors, tmca binds both FeIII
and CoIII ions exclusively via nitrogen donors
whereas
the previously reported [Fe(tdci)2]3+
had an FeO6 coordination environment. Equilibration of
a 1:1 mixture of
[Fe(tdci)2]3+ and
[Fe(tmca)2]3+ in aqueous solution
resulted in the quantitative formation of the metathesis
product
[Fe(tmca)(tdci)]Cl3·15H2O
(O3N3 coordination). Crystal data:
C21H78Cl3FeN6O21,
trigonal, space group R3c,
a
= 15.158(2) Å, c = 33.591(7) Å, Z
= 6. The differences in the structural properties of the
low-spin hexaamine
[Fe(tmca)2]3+ complex and the
high-spin [Fe(tdci)2]3+ and
[Fe(tmca)(tdci)]3+ complexes are
discussed.