Abnormal conformation change of an asymmetrical triaryltriazole before and after its coordination

Guo Ping Shen, Jian Zhao, Jing Jing Jiang, Qin Liu, Xuan Shen, Yan Xu, Dun Ru Zhu, Xiao Qin Liu

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Abstract

A new asymmetrical substituted triaryltriazole ligand, 3-(p-methoxyphenyl)- 4-(p-bromophenyl)-5-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole (L) and its complexes, trans-[MnL2(NCS)2] (1) and trans-[CuL2(ClO 4)2] (2), have been successfully synthesized and characterized by UV, IR, ESI-MS, elemental analyses and single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. In the structure, two L ligands are mainly stabilized by two kinds of intermolecular π⋯π interactions. In the complexes, each L ligand involves a chelating bidentate coordination mode via N atom of pyridyl group and one N atom of the triazole. Both complexes show a distorted octahedron containing two trans-coordinated anions in 1 with NCS- but in 2 with ClO4-. The dihedral angle between the pyridyl and triazole ring in the free L ligand, 1 and 2 is 0.8(2)°, 12.8(2)° and 9.3(2)°, respectively, which represents the first example that the triazole-pyridyl twist angle in the complexes of any triaryltriazole is larger than that in the free L ligand.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-166
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Molecular Structure
Volume1002
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Sep 2011

Keywords

  • Complexes
  • Conformation change
  • Crystal structures
  • Syntheses
  • Triazole

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