Octa- and hendecanuclear zinc(II) complexes of an acyclic diimine ligand derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene

Humphrey L. C. Feltham (1) , Rodolphe Clérac (2) , Sally Brooker (1)

1 Department of Chemistry and the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
2 CRPP - Centre de recherches Paul Pascal

An acyclic diimine ligand, H4L1, formed in methanol from the condensation of 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene (1) with two equivalents of 2-aminoethanol, was reacted with two equivalents of solid zinc(II) acetate dihydrate. Diffusion of diethyl ether into the reaction solution yielded a mixture of orange crystals of an octanuclear complex, [ZnII 8(H2L1)4(OAc)8] (2), and red crystals of a hendecanuclear complex, [ZnII 11(H2L1)6(OAc)6(O)2] (3).

Mots clés: 4-Diformyl-2; 3-dihydroxybenzene; Imine; Acyclic ligands; Zinc; Polymetallic

Domaines: Matériaux; Chimie analytique

Humphrey L. C. Feltham, Rodolphe Clérac, Sally Brooker. Octa- and hendecanuclear zinc(II) complexes of an acyclic diimine ligand derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene. Polyhedron, 2010, 29, pp. 1353-1357. ⟨10.1016/j.poly.2009.12.027⟩. ⟨hal-00470442⟩