Abstract

Three new heterometallic complexes [(CuL1)2Mn(o-(NO2)C6H4CO2)2] (1), and{[(CuL2)2Mn(o-(NO2)C6H4CO2)2]·2CH3CN} (2) and {[(CuL2)2Co(o-(NO2)C6H4CO2)2]·2H2O} (3) have been synthesized using [CuL1]/[CuL2] as metalloligands (where H2L1 = N,N′-bis(2-hydroxynaphthyl-methylidene)-1,3-propanediamine, H2L2 = N,Ń-bis(methyl2-hydroxynaphthyl-methylidene)-1,3-propanediamine). Structural characterization of complexes (1–3) show that contains linear trinuclear architecture, where the terminal [CuL1]/[CuL2] units are coordinated to the central MnII (for 1 and 2)/CoII (for 3) through double phenoxido bridge along with a syn-syn bridging carboxylate anion. Complexes 1 and 2 exhibit biomimetic catecholase-like activity with the turn over numbers (kcat) of 164 and 140 h−1, respectively. The mass spectral study suggest the most probable mechanism of this biomimetic oxidase reaction whereas, cyclic voltammetry measurements indicate that CuII is reducible to CuI during catalysis. Variable temperature (2–300 K) magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal that all complexes (1–3) possess an overall antiferromagnetic coupling between CuII and the hetero metal ions with J values of –7.027(2), –7.076(1) and –2.2(1) cm−1, respectively.

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