L. Fabbrizzi et al., SCHIFF-BASE TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS OF TETRA-AZA MACROCYCLES INVOLVING DIETHYLMALONATE AS A PADLOCK, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 246(1-2), 1996, pp. 379-385
Diethylmalonate acts as an efficient locking fragment in the Cu-II dir
ected synthesis of 14-membered tetra-aza-macrocycles. In the reaction
of [Cu-II(en)](2+) (en = 1,2-diaminoethane) with 2 equiv. of diethylma
lonate in the presence of formaldehyde and triethylamine the tetraazac
yclotetradecane-6,6,13,13-tetracarboxylic acid tetraethyl ester copper
(II) diperchlorate complex salt is formed: monoclinic, space group C2/
c, with a = 12.201(5) Angstrom, b = 12.464(5) Angstrom, c = 21.353(22)
Angstrom, alpha = 90 degrees, beta = 91.30(6)degrees, gamma = 90 degr
ees, V = 3247(4) Angstrom(3), and Z = 4 (R(W) = 0.072). The formaldehy
de building block can be replaced by benzaldehyde in the same type of
template procedure if the two en fragments are replaced by the tetra-a
mine 2.3.2-tet (N,N'-bis-(2-amino-ethyl)-propane- 1,3-diamine) and if
the synthesis is carried out under strictly anhydrous conditions. The
1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-6,6-dicarboxylic acid diethyl ester
copper(II) diperchlorate complex is obtained in good yield and exhibit
s a regular square coordination which is not disturbed by the bulky ph
enyl substituents: triclinic, space group P (1) over bar, with a = 11.
742(5) Angstrom, b = 16.949(8)Angstrom, c = 8.718(4) Angstrom, alpha =
101.15(4)degrees, beta = 105.92(4)degrees, gamma = 96.21(4)degrees, V
= 1613(1) Angstrom(3), and Z = 2 (R = 0.047, R(W) = 0.051).