SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES
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EXPERIMENTAL
SAINT program [24], which was also used for the
intensity corrections for the Lorentz and polarization
effects. An empirical absorption correction was
applied using the SADABS program [25]. The strucꢀ
tures were solved by direct methods using the program
SHELXSꢀ97 [26], and all nonꢀhydrogen atoms were
refined anisotropically on F2 by the fullꢀmatrix leastꢀ
squares technique using the SHELXLꢀ97 crystalloꢀ
graphic software package [27]. The hydrogen atoms
were generated geometrically. All calculations were perꢀ
formed on a personal computer with the SHELTXL
crystallographic software package [27]. The details of
the crystal parameters, data collection, and refineꢀ
ments for the complexes are summarized in Table 1.
Selected bond lengths and bond angles with their estiꢀ
mated standard deviations are listed in Table 2.
Atomic coordinates and other structural parameters of
the complexes have been deposited with the Camꢀ
All commercially available chemicals are of reagent
grade and used as received without further purificaꢀ
tion. Benzeneꢀ1,2ꢀdithiol was purchased from TCI
Chemicals; [IBzPy]Br and [IBzDMPy]Br were synꢀ
thesized following the published procedure [23]. Eleꢀ
mental analyses were determined using a Vario EL III
elemental analyzer. IR spectra were recorded in the
4000–400 cm–1 region using KBr pellets and a Nicolet
AVATARꢀ360 spectrometer. Cyclic voltammograms
were recorded on an EG&G potentiostat/galvanostat
model 273 analyzer in a oneꢀcompartment cell. The
glassyꢀcarbon working electrode, Pt counter elecꢀ
trode, and Ag–AgCl reference electrode were used
under Ar atmosphere at 25°C in MeCN solution with
approximately 0.1 M [Bu4N]ClO4 as conducting elecꢀ
trolyte. In the –1.2 to +1.2 V regions a potential scan
rate of 100 mV s–1 was used.
Synthesis of [IBzPy][Ni(Bdt)2] (I). Under argon atꢀ
mosphere at room temperature, benzeneꢀ1,2ꢀdithiol
(284 mg, 2 mmol) was added to a solution of sodium
metal (92 mg, 4 mmol) in 25 ml of absolute methanol. A
bridge Crystallographic Data Center (nos. 695404 (I)
and 695405 (II); deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
solution of NiCl2 ⋅ 6H2O (240 mg, 1 mmol) in methanol
The Xꢀray structural analysis of
I reveals that the
was added, resulting in the formation of a muddy redꢀ
brown color. Following this, [IBzPy]Br (752 mg, 2 mmol)
was added, and the mixture allowed to stand with stirring
for 1 h and then stirred for 24 h in air. The color of the
mixture gradually turned green, indicating oxidation
from a dianionic species to the more stable monoanionic
form. The precipitate was washed with absolute methaꢀ
nol and ether and then dried. The crude product was reꢀ
crystallized twice from methylene chloride to give black
needles in ~68% yield.
asymmetry unit contains a couple of [Ni(Bdt)2]– anion
and [IBzPy]+ cation as depicted in Fig. 1a. The NiꢀS
distances range from 2.1432(16) to 2.1646(16) Å, with
an average of 2.1459(16) Å, and the cisꢀSNiS angles
range from 85.59(6)° to 91.96(6)°; the NiS4 coordinaꢀ
tion thus adopts a slightly distorted squareꢀplanar conꢀ
figuration. Both of the coordinated Bdt2– anions are
closer to the planar geometry compared to other salts
[28, 29], but [Ni(Bdt2)]– anion as a whole is quasiꢀplaꢀ
nar with Ni as the twist center, there exists the dihedral
IR (KBr; ν
, cm–1): 3041 w, 2957 s, 2856 m, 1485 s, 1421 s,
1225 m, 739 m, 667 s.
angle of 10.16° between the planes of the two coordiꢀ
nated Bdt2– ligands. In the [IBzPy]+ cation, the diheꢀ
dral angles of the N(1)C(19)C(16) reference plane are
For C24H19NIS4Ni
73.96
ring, respectively. The phenyl ring and the pyridine
ring make a dihedral angle of 89.20
As illustrated in Fig. 2, in the crystal of
° for the phenyl ring and 34.11° for the pyridine
anal. calcd., %: C, 45.36;
H, 3.01;
H, 3.07;
N, 2.20.
N, 2.18.
°.
Found, %:
C, 45.33;
I, the anions
and cations are more or less parallel to each other. The
dihedral angle between the pyridine ring of the cation
and the plane of the anion is 2.1°. The interplanar disꢀ
tance between the plane through the anion and the
plane through the cation, lying between two anions, is
about 3.652 Å, and that between the cation and the
anion is about 3.720 Å, which are close enough to conꢀ
Synthesis of [IBzDMPy][Ni(Bdt)2] (II). The syntheꢀ
sis of complex II followed the similar procedure as for
complex I except using [IBzDMPy]Br instead of
[IBzPy]Br. The yield was 57%.
IR (KBr; ν
, cm–1): 3030 w, 2923 m, 1631 m, 1589 w,
1498 s, 1417 s, 1402 w, 1292 s, 1235 m, 1081 m, 1005 m,
928 w, 746 s, 730 s, 674 m.
clude that the cations do have some
action with the acceptor anionic molecules. This
means that two interactions of different strength
exist in a crystal. Moreover, C–H···S intermolecular
contacts between the anion and the cation in are furꢀ
ther consolidate the structure. The most prominent
Xꢀray diffraction analysis. Singleꢀcrystal data for general structural features of the complex are the comꢀ
complexes
and II were obtained on a Bruker Smart pletely segregated stacked columns of [Ni(Bdt)2]–
Apex II CCD with graphiteꢀmonochromated MoKα
anions and [IBzPy]+ cations, as revealed by the projecꢀ
radiation ( = 0.71073 Å) at 296(2) K using the scan tion along the crystallographic axis shown in Fig. 3a.
technique. The data were integrated by using the The Ni···Ni distances is 6.199 Å within the column.
πꢀstacking interꢀ
For C26H23NIS4Ni
π–π
anal. calcd, %: C, 47.08;
Found, %: C, 47.05;
H, 3.49;
H, 3.52;
N, 2.11.
N, 2.09.
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2010