Abstract
The syntheses and crystal structures of the lead(II) complexes [Pb(LH2)(ClO4)][ClO4], [Pb(LH2)(NO3)2] and [Pb2L(NO3)2] of the tetraiminodiphenol macrocyclic ligand (H2L) derived from a [2+2] condensation reaction between 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol and 1,3-diaminopropane are reported. In the mononuclear complexes, the two uncoordinated imino nitrogens are protonated and are hydrogen bonded to the phenolate oxygens. A supramolecular assembly occurs for [Pb(LH2)(ClO4)][ClO4], due to weak interactions between the metal and three oxygen atoms of three different symmetry-related perchlorates, thereby forming a hexameric species with a propeller structure. [Pb(LH2)(NO3)2], however, is a monomer with normal bidentate binding modes for the nitrates. By contrast, [Pb2L(NO3)2] exhibits a 2-D structural network comprising parallel chains from two independent [Pb2L]2+ units, to which the nitrate anions are associated rather unconventionally: one oxygen is coordinated to two symmetry-related metal centres, another oxygen to a single lead, while the third oxygen remains free. The structural features of the complexes in solution have been investigated by 1H NMR spectroscopy.
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