The title compound, [Cu4(C2O4)2(N3)4(C5H9N3)2]·0.9H2O, contains a tetranuclear Cu(II)-based molecule composed of two oxalate-bridged Cu(II) dimers linked through end-on azide ions and related by an inversion center. The tetranuclear unit contains two crystallographically independent Cu(II) ions. One Cu(II) ion coordinates to two N atoms of a histamine mol-ecule, two O atoms of a bridging oxalat...

One-pot solvothermal synthesis of a robust tetranuclear sodium hexakis(glycolato)tris(methanolato)aluminate complex Na3[Al4(OCH3)3(OCH2CH2O)6] via a modified yet rigorous base-catalyzed transesterification mechanism is presented here. Single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) studies indicate that this unique Al complex contains three penta-coordinate Al3+ ions, each bound to two bidentate ethyl...

A series of new di-, tri-, and tetranuclear Co(II) and Cu(II) complexes of three new diSchiff base ligands were synthesized by two different methods. The first method involved the synthesis of the three ligands from condensation reaction of 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (L'H2) with ethylenediamine (en), o-phenylenediamine (o-PD), or 4,5-dimethyl-1,2-phenylendiamine (DMPD) in a mole ratio of 2 : 1 f...

Coordination-driven self-assembly of binuclear half-sandwich p-cymene ruthenium(II) complexes [Ru(2)(μ-η(4)-C(2)O(4))(MeOH)(2)(η(6)-p-cymene)(2)](O(3)SCF(3))(2) (1a) or [Ru(2)(μ-η(4)-N,N'-diphenyloxamidato)(MeOH)(2)(η(6)-p-cymene)(2)](O(3)SCF(3))(2) (1b) separately with an imidazole-based tetratopic donor L in methanol affords two tetranuclear metallamacrocycles 2a and 2b, respectively. Convers...

The reaction of zinc(II) perchlorate with trichloromethyl phosphonic acid at room temperature afforded, upon crystallization, a two-dimensional layered coordination polymer possessing a dinuclear repeat unit, [{Zn2(Cl3CPO3)2(H2O)3}·1.5H2O]n (1). Modification of the above reaction by involving a co-ligand afforded the tetranuclear complex, [{Zn4(η(1)-DMPzH)6(Cl3C-PO3)2}(μ-OH)2(ClO4)2] (2). The m...

Three new polynuclear complexes, [Co(7)(bm)(12)]·(ClO(4))(2)·13H(2)O (1), [Co(4)(bm)(4)Cl(4)(C(3)H(7)OH)(4)] (2), and [Co(4)(bm)(4)(μ-HCO(2))(2)(μ(2)-HCO(2))(2)(C(3)H(7)OH)(2)] (3) (Hbm = (1H-Benzimidazol)-methanol), have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, powder X-ray diffraction and X-ray single-crystal diffraction. Compound 1 features a centrosymmetric wheel-like h...

We report the synthesis of a series of mixed valence Mn(II/IV) tetranuclear clusters [Mn(II)2Mn(IV)2O2(heed)2(EtOH)6Br2]Br2 (1), [Mn(II)2Mn(IV)2O2(heed)2(H2O)2Cl4].2EtOH.H2O (2.2EtOH.H2O), [Mn(II)2Mn(IV)2O2(heed)2(heedH2)2](ClO4)4 (3), [Mn(II)2Mn(IV)2O2(heed)2(MeCN)2(H2O)2(bpy)2](ClO4)4 (4) and [Mn(II)2Mn(IV)2O2(heed)2(bpy)2Br4].2MeOH (5.2MeOH). Clusters 1-5 are constructed from the tripodal li...

The unsymmetrical dinucleating ligand 2-(N-isopropyl-N-((2-pyridyl)methyl)aminomethyl)-6-(N-(carboxylmethyl)-N-((2-pyridyl)methyl)aminomethyl)-4-methylphenol (IPCPMP or L) has been synthesized to model the active site environment of dinuclear metallohydrolases. It has been isolated as the hexafluorophosphate salt H(4)IPCPMP(PF(6))(2) x 2 H(2)O (H(4)L), which has been structurally characterized,...

Infrared spectra of mass-selected homoleptic nickel carbonyl cluster cations including dinuclear Ni2(CO)7(+) and Ni2(CO)8(+), trinuclear Ni3(CO)9(+) and tetranuclear Ni4(CO)11(+) are measured via infrared photodissociation spectroscopy in the carbonyl stretching frequency region. The structures are established by comparison of the experimental spectra with simulated spectra derived from density...

A new macrocyclic multidentate Schiff-base ligand Na4L consisting of two submacrocyclic units (10,21-bis-iminomethyl-3,6,14,17-tricyclo[17.3.1.1]tetracosa-1(23),2,6,8,10,12(24),13,17,19,21,-decaene-23,24-disodium) and its tetranuclear metal complexes with Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) are reported. Na₄L was prepared via a template approach, which is based on the condensation reacti...