Zn(II)-to-Cu(II) Transmetalation in an Amide Functionalized Complex and Catalytic Applications in Styrene Oxidation and Nitroaldol Coupling.

ABSTRACT: The mononuclear zinc(II) complex cis-[ZnL₂(H₂O)₂] (1; L = 4-(pyridin-3-ylcarbamoyl)benzoate) was synthesized and characterized. By soaking crystals of 1 in a mixture of DMF-H₂O solution containing a slight excess of Cu(NO₃)₂ × 3H₂O a transmetalation reaction occurred affording the related copper(II) complex trans-[CuL₂(H₂O)₂] (2). The structures of the compounds were authenticated by single crystal X-ray diffraction revealing, apart from a change in the isomerism, an alteration in the relative orientation of the chelating carboxylate groups and of the pyridine moieties. H-bond interactions stabilize both geometries and expand them into two-dimensi

SUBMITTER: Paul A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7321079 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature