(4,4,9,9-Tetramethyl-5,8-diazadodecane-2,11-dione dihydrazone)nickel(II)
perchlorate reacts with 2- aminoethanol and methanal to form blue-violet
(17-hydroxy-4,4,9,9,11-pentamethyl-5,8,12,13,15- pentaazaheptadec-11-en-2-one
hydrazone)nickel(II) perchlorate. The structure of a methanol solvate was
determined
[C18H43Cl2N7NiO10,
Mr 647·2, triclinic, space
group P -1,
a 8·992(7), b
10·86(2), c 15·02(1) Å, α
79·95(2), β 76·85(5), γ 78·83(2)°,
Z 2, R 0·0637 for 2992
reflections]. The ligand has one terminal hydrazone function of the
starting material linked to the 2-aminoethanol residue by a
gem-diamine function derived from methanal. The ligand
is hexadentate, with the triplet ground state nickel(II) ion in octahedral
coordination by three secondary amine and two hydrazone nitrogen atoms and a
hydroxy oxygen atom, with the terminal hydrazone nitrogen and the hydroxy
oxygen atoms coordinated trans.