Four different crystal structures for quinolinehydroxamic
acid
(QuinHA) and picolinehydroxamic acid (PicHA) MCs with Cu(II) and Ni(II), and solution studies on the formation
of Cu(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) MC complexes with QuinHA, PicHA, and pyrazylohydroxamic acid (PyzHA) are described. In polynuclear complex 1, [Cu5(QuinHA-2H)4(NO3)(DMSO)4](NO3), the metallamacrocyclic cavity is formed by four
Cu(II) ions and four doubly deprotonated hydroximate ligands, and
the center of the cavity is occupied by the fifth Cu(II) ion coordinated
by four hydroximate oxygen atoms. The complex 2, [Cu10(PicHA-2H)8(H2O)4(ClO4)3](ClO4)·4H2O, exhibits a dimeric structure based on two pentanuclear collapsed
12-MC-4 Cu4(PicHA-2H)4 fragments
united by two chiral capping Cu(II) ions exo-coordinated to the peripheral
vacant (O,O′) chelating units of each tetranuclear collapsed
MC moiety. 3, [CaNi5(QuinHA-2H)5(H2O)2(Py)10](NO3)2, and 4, [CaNi5(PicHA-2H)5(DMF)2(Py)8](NO3)2, are planar 15-membered rings consisting of a PicHA or QuinHA ligand, respectively. To understand
fully the correlation between species isolated in the solid state
and those presented in solution, the solution equilibria were investigated,
showing the dependence of the MCs topologies and stability constants
(log β) on the ligand structure and metal ion.