Starting from isomeric benzenedicarboxylate
dianions, phthalate
(1,2-bdc2–), isophthalate (1,3-bdc2–), and terephthalate (1,4-bdc2–), and the nickel(II)
and copper(II) macrocyclic cations of 3R-1,3,5,8,12-pentaazacyclotetradecane
(R = allyl (L1), benzyl (L2), 4-methylbenzyl (L3)), 3,10-R2-1,3,5,8,10,12-hexaazacyclotetradecane (R = methyl (L4) and allyl
(L5)), and 1,3,6,10,12,15-hexa-azatricyclo(13.3.1.16,10)icosane (L6) as building blocks, eight one-dimensional (1D) coordination
polymers were synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray
diffraction (SC-XRD), namely, ([Ni(L1)(1,2-bdc)]
n
(1), {[Ni(L6)(1,2-bdc)]·DMF}
n
(2), {[Ni(L2)(1,3-bdc)]·H2O}
n
(3), {[Ni(L3)(1,3-bdc)]·H2O}
n
(4), {[Ni(L1)(1,3-bdc)]·2H2O}
n
(5), {[Ni(L4)(1,3-bdc)]·2H2O}
n
(6), {[Ni(L4)(1,4-bdc)]·2H2O}
n
(7), and {[Cu(L5)(1,4-bdc)]·4H2O}n (8). This investigation revealed
that in all complexes the carboxylates demonstrate syn/syn mode of coordination acting as μ2-bis-monodentate bridges joining the macrocyclic units. Based
on geometrical parameters of coordinated anions, an assumption was
made about the possibility of intracationic binding
of the carboxylates by the parent bis-macrocyclic cations [M2Len]4+ (Len = 1,2-bis(1,3,4,8,12-pentaazacyclotetradecan-3-yl)ethane).
This was further confirmed by the formation of the ionic complex [Cu2(H2O)4(Len)](1,4-bdc)2 (9) in the case of terephthalate dianion and
1D coordination polymers {[M2(Len)](1,2-bdc)2}
n
(M = Cu2+ (10) and Ni2+ (11) with the phthalate
bridge.