Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1998, 63, 622-627
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19980622

A New Host Lattice Built of the Werner-Type Copper(I,II) Cyanide Complex Involving a Macrocyclic Ligand

Hidetaka Yuge, Takayoshi Soma and Takeshi Ken Miyamoto

Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan

Abstract

Crystals of a new clathrate [CuII(hmtd)CuI(CN)3]·CH2Cl2 were afforded from a Me2CO-EtOH-CH2Cl2 solution of a macrocyclic complex CuII(hmtd)CuI(CN)3·2 H2O (hmtd = 5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl- 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradeca- 4,11-diene). It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n, a = 7.936(5), b = 18.717(4), c = 17.783(6) Å, β = 98.55(4)°, Z = 4, R = 0.0558 for 1 870 reflections. Unprecedentedly, only one of the three nitrogen-ends of a CuI(CN)3 moiety is coordinated to the square-pyramidal Cu(II) center. The guest CH2Cl2 molecules are captured in the channel between the potlid-shaped [CuII(hmtd)CuI(CN)3] molecules.

Keywords: Copper complexes; Copper(I,II) cyanide; Macrocyclic ligands; Werner complex host; Clathrates; Crystal structure.