Electrochemistry of copper complexes with macrocyclic polyamines containing pyrazole units

The voltammetric behaviour of bi- and mono-nuclear complexes formed in solution by Cu(2+) with three polyazacyclophanes containing pyrazole units in aqueous solution is described. Cyclic and square wave voltammetric responses at glassy carbon electrodes indicate that the reduction of copper-macrocycle complexes in solution takes place in two successive one-electron per Cu transfer processes coupled with preorganization and protonation reactions that mimic the behaviour of superoxide dismutase. The electrochemistry of ternary Cu(2+)-receptor-dopamine complexes exhibits significant differences with respect to the protection of the neurotransmitter from post-electron transfer cyclization reactions.

Synthesis and Characterization of New Symmetrical Binucleating Ligands and Their &mgr;-Phenoxo-Bridged Bicopper(II) Complexes: Structural, Electrochemical, and Magnetic Studies

The new pentadentate binucleating ligands 2,6-Bis[N-(3,5-dimethyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-N-methylaminomethyl]-4-chlorophenol, H(3)L(1), and 2,6-bis[N-(3,5-dichloro-2-hydroxybenzyl)-N-cyclohexylaminomethyl]-4-methylphenol, H(3)L(2), and their binuclear copper(II) complexes of the general formulas [Cu(2)L(1)(X)] (X = OMe, OH, Br (1-3)) and [Cu(2)L(2)(X)] (X = OMe, OH, Br (4-6)) have been prepared. The molecular structure of the complex [Cu(2)L(1)(OMe)].MeOH was studied by X-ray crystallography. It exists as a discrete binuclear species in which the copper atoms are in a distorted square planar environment with two oxygen bridges provided by the phenolate of the ligand and methoxy exogenous donor and the Cu.Cu distance is 3.030 Å. A cyclic voltammetric study of the complexes shows two quasireversible reduction waves at negative potentials. A cryomagnetic investigation on powdered samples of the complexes (1-6) shows moderately strong antiferromagnetic coupling (-2J in the range 120-300 cm(-)(1)). A comparison of the electrochemical and magnetic properties of the complexes prepared from both ligands is discussed. Crystal data for the complex [Cu(2)L(1)(OMe)].MeOH: molecular formula C(30)H(39)ClCu(2)N(2)O(5), monoclinic, space group P2(1)/c with a = 13.222(1) Å, b = 15.912(1) Å, c = 14.149(1) Å, beta = 91.64(1) degrees, and Z = 4.

Thermodynamic and Steady-State Fluorescence Emission Studies on Metal Complexes of Receptors Containing Benzene Subunits

The thermodynamic properties of the Co(2+), Ni(2+), Cu(2+), Zn(2+), Cd(2+), and Pb(2+) complexes of a family of N,N'-dibenzylated open-chain polyamines are described. For comparison, similar studies are reported for polyazacyclophane macrocyclic receptors containing an aromatic subunit linking the ends of a polyamine bridge. The metal complexes of the dibenzylated ligands show lower stability constants than those reported for related nonbenzylated open-chain polyamines. On the other hand, the stability constants of these complexes are clearly higher than those found for complexes of polyazacyclophane macrocycles containing a single para-substituted benzene spacer interrupting saturated polyamine bridges. All the studied complexes follow the Irving-Williams stability order. The crystal structure of [Cu(L7)(H(2)O)](ClO(4))(2)( )()(L7 = 1-benzyl-1,5,8,12-tetrazadodecane) shows a very strongly axially distorted square planar coordination geometry for Cu(2+). Crystals of [Cu(L7)(H(2)O)](ClO(4))(2)()()(C(15)H(24)Cl(2)CuN(4)O(9)) are orthorhombic, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with a = 7.586(1) Å, b = 10.715(3) Å, and c = 28.13(2) Å, Z = 4, R(1) = 0.0572, and wR(2) = 0.1570. Steady-state fluorescence emission studies performed on the Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) complexes show that, while none of the Cu(2+) complexes is emissive (CHEQ effect), fluorescence emission is observed for those Zn(2+) complexes with all the nitrogen donors either protonated or coordinated to the metal ions (CHEF effect). The composition of the frontier molecular orbitals of the free-ligands and of the Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) complexes supports this behavior. The use of these water-soluble ligands as chemosensors by means of enhancement or quenching of the fluorescence emission is also discussed.