The
complexation of Hg(II) by the tripodal ligandtris[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine (TMPA) was investigatedbysolution state NMR and X-ray
crystallography. Mer
cury
coordination
compounds exhibiting rarely observedroom-temperature solution state NMR
1H
199Hg and
13C
199Hg satellites were
chara
cterized.Solvent,
counterion,temperature, and
con
centration effe
cts on solution state NMR propertieswere investigated. The solution stateNMR were
correlated with two solid state stru
ctures. Theeight-
coordinate
complex[Hg(TMPA)
2](ClO
4)
2(
1)
crystallizes in the mono
clini
c spa
ce group
P2
1/
n with
a =9.735(10) Å,
b = 10.963(2) Å,
c =18.553(34) Å,
chars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">= 103.81(12)
, and
Z = 2. The mer
cury is atthe inversion
center of a bi
capped trigonal antiprism. TheHg-N
amine distan
ce is 2.560(3) Å, and the averageHg-N
pyridyl distan
ce is 2.58(2) Å. Thefive-
coordinate
complex[Hg(TMPA)Cl]
2(HgCl
4)(
2)
crystallizes in the tri
clini
c spa
ce group
Pcr.gif"> with
a = 11.887(2) Å,
b = 13.260(2) Å,
c = 15.278(4) Å,
chars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 112.27(2)
,
chars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> =109.39(2)
,
chars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 90.670(10)
, and
Z = 2.The two
crystallographi
callyunique
cations are distorted trigonal bipyramids. The averageHg-Cl distan
ce is 2.355(12) Å, the average Hg-N
amine distan
ce is 2.43(2) Å, and the averageHg-N
pyridyl distan
ce is 2.40(5) Å.