Rational Design of Mono-, Bi-, and Tetranuclear Macrocyclic Oxamido−Metal Complexes via Stepwise Complexation

By using the macrocyclic oxamido−copper(II) complex as a building block and N 3 - and Cl - as auxiliary bridged groups, a binuclear complex and two tetranuclear complexes derived from the binuclear species have been prepared by stepwise synthesis and characterized. Their formulas are Cu( μ - exo O 2 )cyclam ( 1 ), [Cu( μ - exo O 2 )cyclamCu(tmen)](ClO 4 ) 2 ·H 2 O ( 2 ), {[Cu( μ - exo O 2 )cyclamCu( μ -1,3-N 3 ) 0.5 (tmen)] 2 (ClO 4 ) 4, [Cu( μ - exo O 2 )cyclamCu( μ -1,3-N 3 ) 0.5 (tmen)] 2 (ClO 4 ) 2 } ( 3 ), and [Cu( μ - exo O 2 )cyclamCu( μ -Cl) 0.5 (tmen)] 2 (ClO 4 ) 3 ( 4 ), where tmen = N,N,N ‘ N ‘ -tetramethylethylenediamine and ( exo O 2 )cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotradecanne-2,3-dione. The structure of complex 1 consists of the neutral copper(II) complex of the [14]N 4 macrocyclic oxamido dianion, and the packing of the molecules along the b orientation results in a novel one-dimensional wavelike chain through weak coordination bonds and hydrogen bonds. The structure of complex 2 consists of binuclear cations, a weakly coordinated water molecule, and perchlorate anions, and the structures of 3 and 4 consist of tetranuclear cations derived from binuclear species through azide and chloride ligands, respectively, and perchlorate anions.