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Royal Society of Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, 44(42), p. 15570

DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51970h

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Polynuclear copper(II) pyrazolate complexes: temperature-dependent protonolysis reactions, crystal structures and high catalytic activity toward the condensation of nitriles with 2-aminoalcohol

Journal article published in 2013 by Ling Wang, Bin Guo ORCID, Hong-Xi Li, Qi Li, Hai-Yan Li, Jian-Ping Lang
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Abstract

Reaction of Cu(OAc)2·H2O and 1H-pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester (Hdcmpz) in MeOH at room temperature afforded one tetranuclear Cu(ii)/pyrazolate complex [{Cu2(μ-OAc)2}2(μ-dcmpz)2(μ-OAc)2] () in 89% yield. The similar reaction in refluxing MeOH produced a hexanuclear metallamacrocyclic Cu(ii)/pyrazolate complex [{Cu(μ-dcmpz)}2(μ-OMe)2]3 () in 85% yield. Treatment of the same components under solvothermal conditions resulted in the formation of another tetranuclear Cu(ii)/pyrazolate/carboxylate complex [{Cu(MeOH)}4(μ-mcccpz)4] (, Hmcccpz = 5(3)-(methoxycarbonyl)-1H-pyrazole-3(5)-carboxylic acid) in 30% yield. The mcccpz(2-) ion in was in situ generated via the hydrolysis of one of two esters on dcmpz ligand. Complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, IR and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. An X-ray analysis revealed that contains two {Cu(μ-OAc)}2 fragments that are interconnected by two μ-η(2),η(2)-dcmpz(-) ligands and two μ-η(1),η(1)-OAc(-) ions, forming a unique tetrameric structure. Complex is composed of three {Cu(μ-dcmpz)}2 fragments linked by three pairs of μ-OMe(-) anions, forming a metallamacrocyclic crown structure. consists of four {Cu(MeOH)} fragments linked by two pairs of μ-η(1),η(2)-mcccpz(2-) ligands, forming a tetrameric [2 × 2] grid-like structure. Complexes displayed high catalytic activity toward the condensation of nitriles with 2-aminoalcohol under solvent-free conditions to produce various 2-oxazolines.