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"Scorpionate-like" complexes that are held together by hydrogen bonds: Crystallographic and spectroscopic studies of (3-NH(t-butyl)-5-methyl-pyrazole)nMX2 (M = Zn, Ni, Co, Mn; N = 3, 4; X = Cl, Br)
Serpas, Lee,Baum, Robert R.,McGhee, Alyssa,Nieto, Ismael,Jernigan, Katherine L.,Zeller, Matthias,Ferrence, Gregory M.,Tierney, David L.,Papish, Elizabeth T.
, p. 62 - 71 (2016/07/06)
The hydrogen bonding ligand, 3-NH(t-butyl)-5-methyl-pyrazole, forms "scorpionate-like" first row transition metal complexes that are held together by hydrogen bonds rather than covalent bonds. The formulae of these complexes are (LH)nMX2, where n = 3, 4; X = Cl, Br; and LH = 3-NH(t-butyl)-5-methyl-pyrazole. The amino-substituted pyrazole can hydrogen bond via both the amino group and the pyrazole NH to form intramolecular NH to halide hydrogen bonds. These complexes have been well characterized and show a 3:1 ratio of ligand to metal for zinc and cobalt (1 and 2), and a 4:1 ratio of ligand to metal for manganese and nickel (3 and 4). The hydrogen bonding interactions appear to be stronger for the 3:1 complexes. The crystallographic and spectroscopic studies (EPR and NMR) have shown that these hydrogen-bonding interactions are strong enough to perturb metal halogen bond distances and, with non-hydrogen bonding solvents, the hydrogen bonds appear to hold these complexes together in solution.