Copper(I) and Silver(I) Complexes with ATT (ATT ϭ 6-Aza-2-thiothymine)
4 Experimental Section
The following chemicals were purchased and used without further
purification: CuCl, AgNO3, MeOH, CHCl3 and PPh3. 1 was pre-
pared according to the literature procedures [14]. The IR spectra
were obtained on a Bruker IFS-88 (nujol mulls: CsI discs of the
range 4000Ϫ500 cmϪ1; polyethylen discs for the range 500Ϫ100
cmϪ1).
The 31P NMR spectrum was measured on a Bruker instrument
AX-200 with 85% aqueous H3PO4 (external) as standard (δ ϭ 0.0
ppm)
[(ATT)CuCl(PPh3)] (2). Copper(I) chloride (0.12 g, 1 mmol) was
added to a solution of 1 (0.14 g, 1 mmol) in 10 mL of methanol
and stirred for 5 hrs at room temperature. To this solution was
added a solution of triphenylphosphane (0.26 g, 1 mmol) in 5 mL
of chloroform and stirred for further 2 hrs at room temperature.
The resulted crude was filtered and washed with cold methanol and
chloroform. Suitable single crystals for X-ray diffraction could be
obtained from the acetonitril solution of 2.
Yield: 0.45 g (90%)
Elemental analysis: C22H20ClCuN3OPS (504.44): calcd C 52.38, H
3.99, N 8.33, Cu 12.59, P 6.13, S 6.35; found C 51.98, H 3.88, N
8.30, Cu 12.33, P 6.01, S 6.28%.
Fig. 2 Molecular structure of 3 (most of the H atoms are omitted
for clarity; the phenyl rings are representated as thin lines only;
thermal ellipsoids 40% probability).
IR (Nujol; cmϪ1): 3477 vw (νNH, br), 1716 s, 1687 s (νCϭO), 1605 s, 1543
s (νCϭN, triazine), 1478 m, 1434 s, 1378 m, 1326 m, 1270 w, 1226 s, 1096 s,
748 s (νPPh3), 695 s (νPPh3), 579 s, 521 s, 502 s, 416 s, 340 s (νCuS), 285 s,
200 m (νCuCl), 175 (νCuP) m, 134 m.
31P NMR (d6-DMSO): Ϫ3.14 ppm.
onally coordinated AgI, while three other selected angles in
the AgP2SN group with 108.97(8)°(S1ϪAg1ϪO3),
109.47(3)°(S1ϪAg1ϪP2) and 108.2(1)°(P1ϪAg1ϪO3) are
nearly to those of a regular tetrahedron. The tetrahedral
distortion can be accounted for the steric hindrance in-
duced by the two bulky phosphane molecules and was ob-
served in analogous silver complexes such as
[(AMTTO)Ag(PPh3)2]NO3·0.5MeOH·0.5H2O [P1ϪAg1ϪP2:
126.95(3)°] [11] and [(C4H4N3SON(ϭCMe2)Ag(PPh3)2]-
NO3 (P1ϪAg1ϪP2: 124.33(6)°) [4b]. The AgϪP distances
mean 244.75 pm, are within the range observed in com-
plexes with four coordinated AgI containing two phos-
phanes (242.6Ϫ250.4 pm) [12]. The AgϪS bond lengths of
262.11(9) pm is significantly longer than the distance found
in [(AMTTO)2Ag]NO3 (243.50(8) pm], possessing a 2ϩ2
coordination around the Agϩ center and lies in the range
observed in [(AMTTO)Ag(PPh3)2]NO3·0.5MeOH·0.5H2O
(264.40(8) pm) [11] and [(C4H4N3SON(ϭCMe2)Ag(PPh3)2]-
NO3·0.5MeOH (262.9(2) pm) with four coordinated silver
atoms [4b]. The AgϪO distance of 256.0(3) pm lies in the
range observed in [Ag2(NO3)2(Ph2AsCH2CH2AsPh2)] [13].
The existence of a medium strong intramolecular hydro-
gen bond between the NH-group of the ligand and an oxy-
gen atom of the nitrate moiety [N1···O4: 285.0(5) pm] and
an intermolecular hydrogen bond between the other oxygen
atom of the nitrate molecule and the coordinated solvate
molecule (MeOH) [O3···O6: 277.7(4) pm)] also contribute
to the angular distortion about the silver atom and the ni-
trogen atom of the nitrate moiety. There is also a medium
strong intermolecular hydrogen bond between the NH-
group of the ligand and the oxygen atom of the solvate
molecule leading to chains along [010].
[(ATT)Ag(NO3)(PPh3)2]·MeOH (3). Silver nitrate (0.17 g, 1 mmol)
was added to a solution of 1 (0.14 g, 1 mmol) in 10 mL of methanol
and stirred for 3 hrs at room temperature. A solution of tri-
phenylphosphane (0.52 g, 2 mmol) in 10 mL of chloroform was
added dropwise to the reaction mixture and stirred for further 5
hrs at room temperature. The solvent was evaporated to a small
volume, the formed crude was filtered and washed with cold meth-
anol. The clear solution was kept at 4°C to give colorless crystals
of 3.
Yield: 0.71 g (85%)
Elemental analysis: C41H39AgN4O5P2S (869.64): calcd C 56.62, H
4.52, N 6.44, Ag 12.40, P 7.12, S 3.68; found C 55.89, H 4.43, N
6.35, Ag 12.29, P 7.00, S 3.59%.
IR (Nujol; cmϪ1): 3490 vw (νNH, br), 3183 s, 3132 s, 1717 s, 1684 s
(νCϭO), 1601 s, 1552 s (νCϭN, triazine), 1453 m, 1426 s, 1378 m, 1347 m,
1269 w, 1133 s, 1038 s, 791 s, 767 s (νPPh3), 721 s (νPPh3), 694 s (νPPh3),
582 s, 551 s, 446 s, 417 s, 409 s, 322 s (νAgO), 295 s (νAgS), 277 s.
31P NMR (d6-DMSO): 8.6 ppm.
Crystal structure analyses of 2 and 3
The crystals of 2 and 3 were covered with a perfluorinated oil and
mounted on the top of a glass capillary under a flow of cold gase-
ous nitrogen. The orientation matrix and preliminary unit cell di-
mensions were determined from ca. 1000 (2, 3; Stoe IPDS) reflec-
tions (graphite-monochromated Mo-Kα radiation (λ ϭ 71.073 pm)
for both complexes. The final cell parameters were determined from
15000 for 2 and from 20000 for 3. The intensities were corrected
for Lorentz and polarization effects. In addition, absorption correc-
tions were applied for 2 and 3 (numerical). The structures were
solved by the direct methods for 2 and 3 (SHELXS-97 [15] ) and
refined against F2 by full-matrix least-squares using the program
SHELXL-97 [16]. The hydrogen atoms (CϪH) in 2 and 3 were cal-
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