The
complexation of Cd(II) by the tripodal ligand tris[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine and dipodal ligand bis[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine was investigated by solution-state NMR and X-ray
crystallography. Cadmium
coordination
compounds exhibiting rarely observed solution-state NMR
1H-
111/113Cd satellites were
chara
cterized. The eight-
coordinate
complex [Cd(TMPA)
2](ClO
4)
2·toluene (
1)
crystallizes in the tri
clini
c spa
ce group
P1 with
a = 9.629(2) Å,
b = 11.020(2) Å,
c = 11.641(2) Å,
chars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 114.069(13)
,
chars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 97.492(13)
,
chars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 91.034(14)
, and
Z = 1. Theaverage Cd-N
amine distan
ce is 2.53(4) Å and the average Cd-N
pyridyl distan
ce is 2.54(6) Å. The
complex [Cd(BMPA)(NCCH
3)(OH
2)(OClO
3)][Cd(BMPA)
2](ClO
4)
3·(CH
3CN) (
2)
crystallizes in the tri
clini
c spa
ce group
Pcr.gif">with
a = 10.446(2) Å,
b = 16.653(3) Å,
c = 17.736(3) Å,
chars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 62.479(9)
,
chars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 80.606(14)
,
chars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 84.66(2)
, and
Z = 2. In the pseudo-o
ctahedral mono
cation, the nitrogen-
containing ligands o
ccupy equatorial positions withCd-N distan
ces of 2.321(8), 2.283(7), and 2.263(8) Å for the amine, pyridyl (average) and a
cetonitrile nitrogens,respe
ctively. Signifi
cant axial intera
ctions o
ccur with Cd-O bond distan
ces of 2.313(7) Å (water) and 2.478(7)Å (per
chlorate). In the pseudo-trigonal prismati
c di
cation, the average Cd-N
amine distan
ces is 2.395(5) Å and theaverage Cd-N
pyridyl distan
ce is 2.362(8) Å. The solid-state stru
ctures and solution-state NMR trends were verysimilar to re
cently reported isovalent
complexes of Hg(II), providing an ex
ceptional opportunity to
compare
coupling
constants of
coordination
compounds. Impli
cations for the use of
111/113Cd and
199Hg NMR as metallobioprobesare dis
cussed.