Structural and photoluminescent studies of non-centrosymmetric manganese(II) N-(2-pyridylmethyl)-(L)-alanine) dicyanamide

Abstract

The dinuclear compound, [Mn2(Pyala)2(Dca)2(H2O)]n·2H2O (1) (Pyala = N-(2-pyridylmethyl)-L-alanine and Dca = dicyanamide anion) has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The crystal data for C22H26Mn2N10O6: orthorhombic, space group P212121 (no. 19), a = 10.3728(8) Å, b = 15.9780(12) Å, c = 16.3585(13) Å, V = 2711.2(4) Å3, Z = 4, T = 198(2) K, μ(MoKα) = 0.989 mm-1, Dcalc = 1.559 g/cm3, 129607 reflections measured (3.564° ≤ 2Θ ≤ 60.046°), 7923 unique (Rint = 0.0324, Rsigma = 0.0155) which were used in all calculations. The final R1 was 0.0169 (I > 2σ(I)) and wR2 was 0.0458 (all data). The obtained non-centrosymmetric dinuclear Mn(II) complex contains two unique Mn(II) cations with similar octahedral coordination environment. Photoluminescent measurements on the complex in the solid state show that it displays strong photoluminescence at 442 nm.

Ni(II) N-(2-Pyridylmethyl)-L-Alanine) Complex: Structural Diversity and Photoluminiscent Studies

“…The desire to rationally design and synthesize useful solid materials through the controlled assembly of molecular components, has led to a recent surge of interest in the concept of crystal engineering [1] which helps to overcome ligand stability [8] [9] [10]. In recent years, significant research interests have been devoted to coordination polymers with chiral helical structural motifs [6].…”