Abstract
2-(2-(2,4,6-Trioxotetrahydropyrimidin-5(2H)-ylidene)hydrazinyl)terephthalic acid (H5L) was synthesized by azocoupling of diazonium salts of 2-aminoterephthalic acid with barbituric acid and characterized by IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopies and ESI-MS analysis. In solution and solid state, H5L exists in the hydrazone form. The reaction of H5L with copper(II) nitrate hydrate in methanol affords the tetramer species [Cu2(μ2-1κNOO′:2κO′O″-H3L)2]2 (1) where carboxylate groups bridge two Cu(II) centers in a bridging chelate μ2-(O,O′,O′) fashion, giving rise to a cyclic Cu4O4 core. A rare and intense intermolecular non-covalent interaction of the type Ocarboxylic(lone pair)⋯π(pyrimidine), with O⋯centroid distance of 2.705Å, was found in 1. In addition, medium intense NH⋯O and OH⋯O contacts expand the structure to a 3D network. Compound 1 behaves as efficient catalyst in the mild oxidation, by aqueous H2O2 in acidic MeCN/H2O media, of different cyclic C5–C8 alkanes to produce the corresponding alcohols and ketones. Overall product yields up to ca. 25% (based on alkane) were achieved.
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