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First Row Transition Metal Complexes of 1-Methylcyclobutenedione, a Monosubstituted Squarate Ligand

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posted on 1999-04-21, 00:00 authored by Bert D. Alleyne, Hazel-Ann Hosein, Hema Jaggernauth, Lincoln A. Hall, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams
Reaction of 1-methylcyclobutenedione with M(NO3)2·xH2O [M = Co (1) and Ni (2)] produces isomorphous polymeric complexes of formula M(CH3C4O3)(NO3)(H2O)4·2H2O that crystallize in the monoclinic space group P21/m (No. 11) with, for 1, a = 6.409(5) Å, b = 14.717(10) Å, c = 7.259(6) Å, β = 114.73(4)°, and Z = 2 (the metal atom being positioned on a center of symmetry). In both cases, adjacent metal centers are bridged μ-1,3 by the 1-methylcyclobutenedione ligand, which exhibits distinct multiple bond localization. The positive charges on the polymer chains are in each case balanced by nitrate ions. The metal atoms are six-coordinate with trans-oriented 1-methylcyclobutenedione ligands, and with four aqua ligands completing the coordination sphere. Reduction of the crystallization temperature, however, resulted, with Co, in the formation of the monomeric complex Co(CH3C4O3)2·4H2O (4). Isomorphous Mn (3), Cu (5), and Zn (6) analogues have also been synthesized. These crystallize in the monoclinic space group P21/n (No. 14) with, for 3, a = 8.8258(8) Å, b = 16.1527(14) Å, c = 9.9084(8) Å, β = 93.230(7)°, and Z = 4. The central metal atom in each of these compounds is six-coordinate, being bound to two trans-oriented 1-methylcyclobutenedione ligands and four aqua ligands, the former coordinating in a monodentate fashion via the oxygen atom trans to the methyl substituent. In both the polymeric and monomeric complexes extensive three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded networks are formed in the solid state.

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