The c
oordinati
on chemistries
of the p
otential tetradentate ligands
N,
N'-bis(3,5-di-
tert-butyl-2-hydr
oxyphenyl)ethylenediamine, H
4[L
1], the unsaturated anal
ogue gly
oxal-bis(2-hydr
oxy-3,5-di-
tert-butylanil), H
2[L
2], and
N,
N'-bis(2-hydr
oxy-3,5-di-
tert-butylphenyl)-2,2-dimethylpr
opylenediamine, H
4[L
3], have been investigated with nickel(II),palladium(II), and c
opper(II). The c
omplexes prepared and characterized are [Ni
II(H
3L
1)
2] (
1), [Ni
II(HL
2)
2]·
5/
8CH
2Cl
2(
2), [Ni
II(L
3)] (
3), [Pd
II(L
3)][Pd
II(H
2L
3) (
4), and [Cu
II(H
2O)(L
4)] (
5), where (L
4)
2- is the
oxidized diimine f
orm
of(L
3)
4- and (L
3)
2- is the bis(
o-imin
osemiquin
onate) diradical f
orm
of (L
3)
4-. The structures
of c
omp
ounds
1-
5have been determined by single crystal X-ray crystall
ography. In c
omplexes
1 and
2, the ligands (H
3L
1)
- and(HL
2)
- are tridentate and the nickel i
ons are in an
octahedral ligand envir
onment. The
oxidati
on level
of the ligandsis that
of an ar
omatic
o-amin
ophen
ol.
1 and
2 are paramagnetic (
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eff ~ 3.2
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B at 300 K), indicating an
S = 1
ground state. The diamagnetic, square planar, f
our-c
oordinate c
omplexes
3 and [Pd
II(L
3)] in
4 each c
ontain tw
oantiferr
omagnetically c
oupled
o-imin
obenz
osemiquin
onate(1-)
radicals. Diamagnetic [Pd
II(H
2L
3)] in
4 f
orms aneclipsed dimer via f
our N-H···O hydr
ogen b
onding c
ontacts which yields a n
onb
onding Pd···Pd c
ontact
of 3.0846(4) Å. C
omplex
5 c
ontains a five-c
oordinate Cu
II i
on and tw
o o-amin
ophen
olate(1-) halves in (L
4)
2-. Theelectr
ochemistries
of c
omplexes
3 and
4a ([Pd
II(L
3)]
of
4) have been investigated, and the EPR spectra
of them
on
ocati
ons and -ani
ons are rep
orted.