Quantum-chemical calculation of molecular structures of (5656)macrotetracyclic 3d-metal complexes “self-assembled” in quaternary systems M(II) ion-ethanedithioamide-formaldehyde-ammonia by the density functional theory method

Abstract

The geometric parameters of (5656)macrotetracyclic complexes of Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) with the NNNN-coordination of donor sites of the chelant formed by the template reactions in the M(II)-ethanedithioamide-formaldehyde-ammonia systems have been calculated by the OPBE/TZVP hybrid density functional theory (DFT) method with the use of the Gaussian09 program package. In all complexes, five-membered chelate rings (almost identical to each other in each complex) are nonplanar. For all M(II) ions under consideration, two additional six-membered nonplanar chelate rings formed as a result of template “cross-link” are turned at considerable angles with respect to the five-membered rings. The six-membered rings are located on different sides of the NNNN plane of the nitrogen donor atoms.