Zinc(II) polymeric compounds with a chelating ligand bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (bispicam) directed by intermolecular C/N/O-H⋯X (X = Cl, Br, I) interactions: Catalytic activities

Byeong Kwon Park, Sun Hwa Lee, Eun Yong Lee, Han Kwak, Young Min Lee, Yu Jin Lee, Je Yeol Jun, Cheal Kim, Sung Jin Kim, Youngmee Kim

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Abstract

[Zn(bispicam)2]2+ as a hydrogen-bond donor and three free halides (Cl-, Br- and I-) as hydrogen-bond acceptors were employed to investigate the role of non-classical C/N-H⋯X hydrogen bonding for construction of polymeric compounds. Three zinc salts (ZnCl2, ZnBr2 and ZnI2) were reacted with bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (bispicam) to produce [Zn(bispicam)2]Cl2 1, [Zn(bispicam)2]Br2 2 and [Zn(bispicam)2]I2 3. Hydrogen bonding interactions between Namine-H and C-H of [Zn(bispicam)2]2+ cations and free halides, and between Owater-H and free halides can play very important roles for construction of molecular packing and crystal structures. In addition, these hydrogen-bonded complexes 1, 2 and 3 were, interestingly, shown to carry out the catalytic transesterification of a range of esters with methanol at 50 °C under the mild conditions, though all these compounds are saturated with two bispicam ligands. To explain this unusual reactivity, it has been proposed that the hydrogen atom of amine N-H moiety in the complexes could do the acid-catalyzed transesterification.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-129
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Molecular Structure
Volume890
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Nov 2008

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Funding Information:
Financial support from the Korea Research Foundation (2006-312-C00569 and 2007-314-C00159), THE SEOUL R & BD Program, Environmental Technology Educational Innovation Program (2006) of the Ministry of Environment, and the SRC program of the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) through the Center for Intelligent Nano-Bio Materials at Ewha Womans University (Grant: R11-2005-008-03001-0) is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

  • Bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine
  • Catalyst
  • Hydrogen bond
  • Transesterification
  • Zinc(II) coordination polymer

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