Synthesis, characterisation and polynuclearisation reaction of trans(S)-[Co(aminothiolate-N,S)(2)(en)]-type cobalt(III) complexes with 2-aminoethanethiolate, L-cysteinate and D-penicillaminate
T. Yonemura et al., Synthesis, characterisation and polynuclearisation reaction of trans(S)-[Co(aminothiolate-N,S)(2)(en)]-type cobalt(III) complexes with 2-aminoethanethiolate, L-cysteinate and D-penicillaminate, J CHEM S DA, (13), 1999, pp. 2151-2157
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33
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS
The trans(S)-[Co(N)(4)(S)(2)]-type mononuclear complexes [Co(L)(2)(en)](+or
-) (L=2- aminoethanethiolate (aet) 1, L-cysteinate (L-cys) 3 or D-penicilla
minate (3-sulfanyl-D-valinate) (D-pen) 5) were newly prepared by the reacti
on of trans-[CoCl2(en)(2)](+) with L at pH 8.5 and 25 degrees C. The crysta
l structure of 1 was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The geometry
around the cobalt atom is approximately octahedral and two thiolate donor
atoms in the aet ligands occupy trans positions to each other. Two Co-S bon
ds are lengthened by the double sulfur trans influence across the cobalt ce
ntre attributable to two thiolato sulfur donor atoms. The diastereomers of
3 and 5 were separated by the column chromatographic technique and characte
rised on the basis of their UV/Vis, CD and C-13 NMR spectra. The Lambda(DD)
isomer of 5 (5 Lambda(DD)) is preferably formed by attractive (COO ... H-N
-H) interactions. Though cis(S)-[Co(L)(2)(en)](+or-) (L=aet 2, L-cys 4 or D
-pen 6) were also produced by the same preparative reaction, they could not
be separated into the geometrical isomers because of very rapid isomerisat
ion and/or polynuclearisation reaction during elution from the column. It i
s clear that all trans(S) complexes also show drastic and characteristic UV
/Vis spectral changes with time in aqueous solutions and tend to isomerise
to the cis(S) isomer, followed by the formation of S-bridged polynuclear co
mplexes owing to both the double sulfur trans influence and high nucleophil
icity of the thiolate donor atoms. The polynuclearisation reactions of the
three trans(S) isomers proceed according to different processes depending o
n their ligands. In the polynuclearisation reaction of 3, especially, the n
ovel dinuclear complex Lambda(LLL)-[Co{Co(L-cys-N,S)(3)}(L-cys- >$($) over
bar N,O,S)](2-) 7, which has not so far been identified in usual dinucleari
sation reactions, was newly obtained.