The reaction of cobalt(III) complexes
α-cis-[Co(EDDA)L]+ containing both
amino acid (EDDA, ethylenediamine-N,N‘-diacetate) and bidentate amine ligands (L =
en, ethylenediamine; Men, N-methylethylenediamine;
BEE,
N,N‘-diethylethylenediamine; DEE,
N,N-diethylethylenediamine) with formaldehyde
under basic conditions has
been investigated. For L = en, the product is
[Co(L1)]+, which contains a
macrocyclic ligand (L1 = 1,4-bis(carboxymethyl)-6,13-dioxacyclam) formed by linking the primary
nitrogens on the en ligand with the secondary
nitrogens on the EDDA ligand through two
CH2OCH2 bridges. For L = Men and
DEE, which each contain only
one primary nitrogen, the reaction gives complexes
[Co(L2)]+ and
[Co(L3)]+ bearing hexadentate acyclic
ligands
(L2 =
1,4-bis(carboxymethyl)-11-ethyl-6-oxa-1,4,8,11-tetraazatridecane;
L3 =
1,4-bis(carboxymethyl)-6-oxa-1,4,8,11-tetraazadodecane) each resulting from formation of one new
CH2OCH2 linkage. All complexes have
been
characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, IR, and
UV−visible spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The X-ray
crystal
structures of [Co(L1)]Cl·3H2O and
[Co(L3)]PF6·NH4PF6·H2O
have been determined.
[Co(L1)]Cl·3H2O
is
monoclinic, P21/n, with a
= 14.792(3) Å, b = 7.766(1) Å, c
= 16.520(4) Å, β = 99.54(2)°, V =
1871.5(6) Å3,
Z = 4, R = 0.042.
[Co(L3)]PF6·NH4PF6·H2O
is monoclinic, P21/n, with
a = 13.353(6) Å, b = 11.595(2) Å,
c
= 16.900(5) Å, β = 95.59(3)°, V =
2604(2) Å3, Z = 4, R =
0.107.