Preparation and Characterization of Macrocyclic Dinickel Complexes Coligated by Tetrazolate Ligands
The dinuclear nickel(II) complex [Ni2LCl]+ (1), where (L)2− represents a 24-membered macrocyclic hexamine-dithiophenolate ligand, reacts readily with 5-R-tetrazolate ligands to give the complexes [Ni2L(RCN4)]+, where R = H (2), Me (3), Ph (4). The new complexes were either isolated as perchlorate or tetraphenylborate salts and fully characterized by elemental analysis, UV/Vis, and IR spectroscopy. The structures of 2[BPh4] · MeCN, 3[BPh4] · 2MeCN, and 4[BPh4] ·MeCN were determined by X-ray crystallography, showing that all tetrazolate units are in a 2,3-bridging mode to generate dioctahedral N3Ni(μ-S)2(μ-N4CR)NiN3 core structures. The RCN4− groups interact less strongly with the [Ni2L]2+ fragment than pyrazolate ligands (CH)3N2 − as reflected in the longer Ni-N distances.