P
terin-copper ion in
terac
tions are of in
teres
t for possible
modelin
g of enzy
me ac
tive si
te che
mis
try or in couplin
greac
tions of a redox-ac
tive
me
tal ion wi
th a redox-ac
tive li
gandcofac
tor, Here, we describe
the syn
thesis ofderiva
tized chela
tin
g p
terins, provided wi
th enhanced or
ganicsolubili
ty by in
troduc
tion of a pivalolyl
group a
tthe p
terin C2 posi
tion and supplied wi
th a
good copper ion chela
tor,
throu
gh reac
tion of
the 6-(bro
mo
me
thyl)p
terin wi
th a 2-(2-(
me
thyla
mino)e
thyl)pyridine (
to
give
L') or bis(2-pyrid-2-yle
thyl)a
mine (
to
give
L). Copper(I) and copper(II) co
mplexes have been syn
thesized andcharac
terized. The X-ray s
truc
ture of[
L'Cu(Cl)(CH
3CN)](PF
6) (
3-PF
6) is described[space
group
P2
1/
c;
a =10.606(3) &Arin
g;,
b = 21.683(3) &Arin
g;,
c =12.188(3) &Arin
g;;
ma
ges/
gifchars/be
ta2.
gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="
middle"> =96.67(2)
ma
ges/en
ti
ties/de
g.
gif">;
Z = 4;
V = 2784(1)&Arin
g;
3] and co
mpared wi
th
the previously repor
ted s
truc
tureof [
LCu(Cl)](PF
6)(NaPF
6)(
1-PF
6·NaPF
6). In
3-PF
6,
the Cu(II) is pen
tacoordina
te,includin
g equa
torial li
ga
tion
to
the p
terin N5a
to
m, achievin
g one of
the
goals of
the li
gand desi
gn. Unlikeo
ther p
terin-Cu(II) s
truc
tures, nei
ther
1-PF
6·NaPF
6 nor
3-PF
6 binds
to
the p
terincarbonyl oxy
gen a
to
m (off p
terin C4). O
ther solu
tion spec
troscopicda
ta(e.
g., IR, UV-vis, EPR) and a
ma
gne
tic
mo
men
t of 1.91
ma
ges/en
ti
ties/
mgr.
gif">
B are provided and are consis
ten
t wi
th
thesolid-s
ta
tes
truc
ture observed. Copper(I) co
mplexes[
LCu
I](PF
6)(
5-PF
6) and[
L'Cu
I](PF
6)·0.25CH
2Cl
2(
6-PF
6·0.25CH
2Cl
2)have been
genera
ted and charac
terized. Observedcoordina
tion-induced
1H NMR che
mical shif
ts in
6-PF
6·0.25CH
2Cl
2) are consis
ten
t wi
th bindin
g throu
gh
the p
terin pyrazineN5 donor; a UV-vis fea
ture a
t 466 n
m (sh,
ma
ges/
gifchars/epsilon.
gif" BORDER=0 > =1200) is considered a MLCT
transi
tion. A cyclic vol
ta
mmo
gra
m of
6-PF
6·0.25CH
2Cl
2(DMF solven
t) reveals areversible redox process wi
th
E1/2 = 286
mV(
E1/2 = 546
mV for ferrocene/ferroceniu
m; vsA
g/A
gCl).[
L'Cu
II(CH
3CN)](CF
3SO
3)
2(
4-(CF
3SO
3)
2)exhibi
ts
the iden
tical cyclic vol
ta
mmo
gra
m, indica
tin
g co
mmon solu
tions
truc
tures.The analo
gue co
mplex[(
MeL)Cu
I(CH
3CN)](ClO
4)(
7-ClO
4) (Me
L =(2-(2-pyridyl)e
thyl)(2-pyridyl
me
thyl)
me
thyla
mine) displays a
more ne
ga
tive redox po
ten
tial,
E1/2 = 24
mV, indica
tin
g tha
t the p
terinpyrazine rin
g hasan elec
tron-wi
thdrawin
g effec
t, which
may explain
the lack ofO
2 reac
tivi
ty of copper(I) co
mplexes of
Land
L'.