Treatment of the aromatic aminonitrones p-RC6H4C(NH2)[dbnd]N+(Me)O (R = NMe2, Cl) with CuCl2·2H2O, NiCl2·2H2O, β-PdCl2, or cis-[PtCl2(Me2SO)2] in the presence of a base leads to the [M{p-RC6H4C(NH)[dbnd]N+(Me)O}2] (M = Cu, Ni, Pd) (72–95%) or [Pt{p-RC6H4C(NH)[dbnd]N+(Me)O}Cl(Me2SO)] (ca. 80%) complexes, respectively. These compounds were characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), HRESI+-MS, FTIR, 1H and 13C{1H} NMR, and for the CuII and NiII complexes EPR and magnetic susceptibility. In addition, eight species were studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In the X-ray structures of 2a–d, the hydrogen bonds are responsible for the formation of 1D polymeric chains. These bonds were evaluated by DFT calculations (M06/DZP-DKH level of theory) and topological analysis of the electron density distribution within the formalism of Bader's theory (QTAIM method). Estimated strengths of these non-covalent interactions are 2.7–4.4 kcal/mol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)372-378
Number of pages7
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume467
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2017

    Research areas

  • Amidoxime, Aminonitrone, Metal complexes, Nitrone, Transition metals

    Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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