Construction of HgII complexes containing chelating 2,2′-dipyridylamine ligands: Anion effect, photoluminescence and catalytic activities

Ju Hoon Lee, Hyun Min Park, Seung Pyo Jang, Geun Hee Eom, Jeong Mi Bae, Cheal Kim, Youngmee Kim, Sung Jin Kim

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Abstract

Five new structures of HgII complexes containing Hdpa ligands have been determined. With halides, tetrahedral HgII is constructed by a Hdpa and two chlorides or bromides, and strong hydrogen bonds between amine hydrogen atoms and halide atoms provide dimeric compounds. With benzoates, distorted octahedral HgII is constructed by a Hdpa and two chelating benzoate ligands, and hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions provide a polymeric compound. With nitrates or perchlorates, two dpa ligands bridge two HgII ions, and counter-anions axially coordinate to HgII ions to form a polymeric compounds. In addition, all five HgII complexes showed the intense emissions at room temperature, which are red-shifted compared to the corresponding ligand. Moreover, 3 and 4 have shown efficient catalytic transesterification recation, while 1, 2 and 5 has displayed a very slow conversion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)212-215
Number of pages4
JournalInorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume15
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Financial support from Korean Science & Engineering Foundation ( 2009–0074066 ), Converging Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2009–0082832 ), and SRC program of NRF through the Center for Intelligent Nano-Bio Materials at Ewha Womans University ( 20090063004 ) is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

  • 2,2′-dipyridylamine
  • Anion effects
  • Mercury(II) nitrate
  • Photoluminescence
  • Transesterification

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