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Maxim V Ovchinnikov

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Metallomacrocycles incorporating a hemilabile Tröger's base derived ligand.

Tröger's base, a chiral molecule with a rigid 90 degrees backbone, has been incorporated into a novel hemilabile phosphinoalkyl thioether ligand. Using the Weak Link Approach, this ligand has been reacted with Cu(CH3CN)4PF6 and [Rh(COE)2Cl]x (COE = cyclooctene) to form metallomacrocycles. Upon reaction of the ligand with Cu(I), which prefers a tetrahedral coordination geometry, a bimetallic macrocycle was formed. Alternatively, owing to the steric restrictions imposed by the 90 degrees backbone of the ligand and the square-planar geometry of Rh(I), when the ligand was reacted with [Rh(COE)2Cl]x, the formation of bimetallic closed macrocycles was not observed, and instead a mixture of tri- and tetrametallic closed macrocycles is formed. Introducing pyridine to the Cu(I) complex causes the weak thioether-Cu bonds to break, generating a large bimetallic open macrocycle. Upon reaction of the mixture of Rh(I) metallomacrocycles with CO and Cl-, the cyclic structure of these complexes becomes flexible enough that the dimeric bimetallic macrocycle forms, along with tri- and tetrameric open complexes. The mixture of differently sized Rh(I) macrocyclic complexes has been analyzed using gel permeation chromatography, and the tetramer has been characterized by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. These are the first examples of metallomacrocycles containing a Tröger's base derivative.

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Binuclear ruthenium macrocycles formed via the weak-link approach.

The "weak-link approach" for the synthesis of metallomacrocycles has been used to synthesize a series of novel Ru(II) macrocycles in high yield. RuCl2(PPh3)3 has been reacted with two different phosphino-alkyl-ether hemilabile ligands, 1,4-(PPh2(CH2)2O)2C6H4 and 1,4-(PPh2(CH2)2OCH2)2C6H4. The hemilabile bidentate ligand coordinates to Ru(II) centers through both the P and O atoms to form bimetallic "condensed intermediates". The weak Ru-O bonds have been selectively cleaved with CO, 1,2-diaminopropane, and pyridine to yield large open macrocycles. This is the first example of the weak-link approach employed to synthesize macrocycles with Ru, and metal centers in general that have more than four coordination sites.

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Heteroligated metallomacrocycles generated via the weak-link approach.

Sequential reaction of two different hemilabile ligands (Ph(2)PCH(2)CH(2)X)(2)Ar (X = S, Ar = C(6)H(4) or C(6)(CH(3))(4); X = NCH(3), Ar = C(6)H(4); X = O, Ar = 9,10-C(14)H(8)) with a Rh(I) metal center resulted in the formation of heteroligated metallomacrocycles in high yield. The specific reaction conditions for each pair of hemilabile ligands are discussed. The solid-state structure of [[1,4-(Ph(2)PCH(2)CH(2)S)(2)C(6)H(4)]-[1,4-(Ph(2)PCH(2)CH(2)S)(2)C(6)(CH(3))(4)]Rh(2)](BF(4))(2), as determined by X-ray crystallography, is presented.

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Halide-induced supramolecular ligand rearrangement.

A novel reaction involving the halide-induced rearrangement of ligands within supramolecular Rh(I) complexes containing hemilabile ligands is presented. Three analogous bis- and trishemilabile ligands have been synthesized to construct bi- and trimetallic Rh(I) macrocyclic complexes. An intentionally added halide source results in the formal rotation of only one hemilabile ligand along the axis that is perpendicular to the plane defined by the aryl backbone of the hemilabile ligands. X-ray structures, as determined by X-ray crystallography, of key intermediates and products are presented.

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Fine-tuning the weak-link approach: effect of ligand electron density on the formation of rhodium(I) and iridium(I) metallomacrocycles.

A novel bis(phosphinoalkyl-thioether)arene ligand with a fluorinated aryl group (1,4-(Ph(2)PCH(2)CH(2)S)(2)C(6)F(4)) has been synthesized. This ligand has been used to prepare symmetric bimetallic structures with Rh(I) and Ir(I) metal centers in high yield. Unlike their nonfluorinated counterparts, these complexes can be opened into large macrocyclic structures through straightforward ligand (i.e., carbon monoxide, nitriles, and isocyanides) substitution reactions at the metal-thioether linkage. In addition, the symmetric bimetallic structures have been shown to react with appropriately sized bifunctional aromatic molecules to form three-tiered host-guest structures.

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Stepwise formation of heterobimetallic macrocycles synthesized via the weak-link approach.

A new dissymmetric bis-hemilabile ligand with strong binding phosphorus moieties, weak binding thioether moieties, and weaker binding ether moieties has been synthesized to construct heterobimetallic Rh(I)- and Pd(II)-containing macrocycles. The metals are placed in either the phosphorus/thioether or the phosphorus/ether coordination pocket of the dissymmetric ligand by taking advantage of the stepwise synthetic control offered by the weak-link approach. The weak bonds of these isomeric intermediates are systematically broken through ligand substitution reactions to cleanly and selectively generate a variety of open, macrocyclic architectures.

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Threefold symmetric trimetallic macrocycles formed via the Weak-Link Approach.

The synthesis and characterization of a new threefold symmetric hemilabile phosphino-alkylthioether ligand are described. This ligand can be used in combination with Rh(I) and Ir(I) precursor complexes to prepare 40-membered macrocyles with threefold symmetry via the Weak-Link Approach. Synthesis and characterization of two such structures are reported along with a single crystal x-ray diffraction analysis of one of the key intermediates in the case of Rh(I). This is a demonstration of the viability of the Weak-Link Approach for preparing structures other than bimetallic macrocycles and suggests that it could be generalized for a wide range of higher symmetry structures through appropriate hemilabile ligand design.

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