nitrogen heterocycles as building blocks for new metallo-supramolecular architectures氮杂环化合物作为新的metallo-supramolecular架构的构建块.pdfVIP

Molecules 2004, 9, 440–448 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Nitrogen Heterocycles as Building Blocks for New Metallo- supramolecular Architectures Peter J. Steel Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand. Tel. (+64) 3-3642432, Fax (+64) 3-3642110, e-mail peter.steel@canterbury.ac.nz Received: 4 March 2004 / Accepted: 6 March 2004 / Published: 31 May 2004 Abstract: The syntheses of representative examples of five classes of new heterocyclic ligands are described. These include N,N-chelating bis-heterocycles, binucleating ligands, cyclometallated compounds, chiral ligands and a family of polyheteroaryl-linked arenes. Keywords: Heterocyclic ligands, chiral ligands, bridging ligands, cyclometallation. Introduction For many years now, we have been involved in the synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds for use in coordination, organometallic and metallosupramolecular chemistry. In this review the syntheses of representative examples of five different classes of ligands are reviewed. These all incorporate N,N- bidentate coordinating binding domains similar to that found in 2,2-bipyridine, which has been used as a ligand for well over a century [1] and shown to coordinate to almost any metal in the periodic table [2]. N,N-Chelating Bis-heterocycles Despite the long history of 2,2-bipyridine in coordination chemistry, only relatively recently has it been recognized that replacement of one, or both, of the pyridine rings with other heterocyclic rings can result in dramatic changes to the physicochemical properties of the resulting complexes [3]. We have synthesized many previously