Strong Attraction of Caffeine to the Mercurous Dumbbell in the Salt [Hg2(Caf)2](ClO4)2(H2O)2

Colourless single crystals of the co‐crystallizate of mercuric chloride and caffeine, HgCl2(Caf), were obtained from an ethanolic solution of mercuric chloride, HgCl2, and caffeine (Caf) and recrystallized from hot water. The crystal structure (monoclinic, P21, Z = 2, a = 398.36(8), b = 1964.5(4), c = 809.6(2) pm, β = 99.24(3)°, Z = 2, R1 = 0.0584 for 1430 Fo > 4σ(Fo)) contains helical chains (parallel to the 21 screw axis) of almost unaffected HgCl2 molecules and caffeine molecules which are very weakly bound to one keto‐oxygen atom (O4) of one and N9 of a second caffeine molecule at distances of 282 and 281 pm, respectively. To the contrary, theoretical calculations show that the molecule HgCl2(Caf)2 is stable (in the gas phase at T = 0 K) with surprisingly strong bonding as indicated by the “tetrahedrization” of the molecule.

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HgCl₂(Caf): Co‐crystallization of Mercuric Chloride and Caffeine

Meyer

Nolte

Mudring

2005

Zeitschrift anorg allge chemie

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Group 12 Metal Complexes of an 18-Membered N₂O₂S₂ Macrocycle Incorporating Two Pyridines: First Examples of an Infinite Mercury(I) Complex and a Dumbbell-Shaped Heteronuclear Complex with a Macrocyclic Ligand

Seo

Kim

et al. 2016

Inorg. Chem.

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Homo- and heteronuclear group 12 metal (Zn, Cd, and Hg) complexes 1-6 containing a newly designed 18-membered NOS macrocycle incorporating two pyridine subunits (L) were prepared and structurally characterized. The individual complexes isolated exhibit unusual stoichiometries, geometries, oxidation states, and structural topologies and include an infinite mercurous complex and a heteronuclear dumbbell-shaped complex. Both the Zn(II) complex [Zn(L)][ZnBr] (1) and the Cd(II) complex [Cd(L)Br] (2) are mononuclear, with the metal ion located inside the macrocyclic cavity. The six-coordinated Zn(II) center in 1 adopts an octahedral geometry and is shielded from the anion and solvent by the strongly bound macrocycle. The Cd(II) center in 2 is seven-coordinate, being bound equatorially to two N donors, two O donors, and a S donor from the macrocycle and axially to two bromide ions on opposite sides of the macrocyclic plane, adopting a pentagonal-bipyramidal geometry. In the Hg(II) complexations, the configuration adopted by the macrocycle L shows a dependence of the nuclearity on the anion used. When mercury(II) bromide was used, the dinuclear complex [Hg(L)Br] (3) was obtained, while the reaction with mercury(II) nitrate afforded the unexpected Hg(I) complex {[Hg(L)](NO)} (4) with a one-dimensional polymeric structure. In heterometallic complexation experiments, one-pot reaction of L with a mixture of ZnBr and CdBr·4HO resulted in the stepwise isolation of two pure solubility-dependent Cd(II) complexes (2 and 5), including the half-dumbbell-type complex [Cd(L)(μ-Br)(CdBr)] (5), while a mixture of CdBr·4HO and HgBr yielded the heterometallic bis(macrocycle) product [(CdL)(μ-HgBr)](HgBr) (6). This is the first example of a heteronuclear dumbbell-shaped complex in which two terminal macrocyclic Cd(II) complexes are linked by a hexabromodimercury(II) cluster via Cd-Br-Hg bonds. The heterometallic dumbbell 6 can be considered as a good example of competition and collaboration between Cd(II) and Hg(II) ions because its formation is associated with the higher coordination affinity of Cd(II) toward the macrocycle and the formation of the (HgBr) cluster, which links the two endocyclic Cd(II) complexes directly. Both NMR titration and comparative NMR data indicate a relatively higher coordination affinity of Cd(II) toward the macrocycle than occurs for Hg(II), in parallel to the situation observed in the solid state.

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Strong Attraction of Caffeine to the Mercurous Dumbbell in the Salt [Hg₂(Caf)₂](ClO₄)₂(H₂O)₂

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Strong Attraction of Caffeine to the Mercurous Dumbbell in the Salt [Hg₂(Caf)₂](ClO₄)₂(H₂O)₂

HgCl₂(Caf): Co‐crystallization of Mercuric Chloride and Caffeine

HgCl₂(Caf): Co‐crystallization of Mercuric Chloride and Caffeine

Group 12 Metal Complexes of an 18-Membered N₂O₂S₂ Macrocycle Incorporating Two Pyridines: First Examples of an Infinite Mercury(I) Complex and a Dumbbell-Shaped Heteronuclear Complex with a Macrocyclic Ligand