Brown, M.D., Davis, M.F., Dyke, J.M., Ferrante, F., Levason, W., Ogden, J.S. and Webster, M. (2008) Synthesis, structures and DFT calculations on alkaline-earth metal azide-crown ether complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 14 (8), 2615-2624. (doi:10.1002/chem.200701502).
Abstract
The first examples of azide complexes of calcium, strontium or barium with crown ethers have been prepared and fully characterised, notably [Ba([18]crown-6)(N3)2(MeOH)], [Sr([15]crown-5)(N3)2(H2O)], [Ca([15]crown-5)(N3)2(H2O)] and [Sr([15]crown-5)(N3)(NO3)]. Crystal structures reveal the presence of a variety of coordination modes for the azide groups including 1-, -1,3- and linkages via H-bonded water molecules, in addition to azide ions. The [Ba([18]crown-6)(N3)2(MeOH)]1/3 MeOH contains dinuclear cations with three -1,3-NNN bridges, the first example of this type in main group chemistry. The structures obtained have been compared with molecular structures computed by density functional theory (DFT). This has allowed the effects of the crystal lattice to be investigated. A study of the MNterminal metal-azide bond length and charge densities on the metal (M) and terminal nitrogen centre (Nterminal) in these complexes has allowed the nature of the metal-azide bond to be investigated in each case. As in our earlier work on alkali metal azide-crown ether complexes, the bonding in the alkaline-earth complexes is believed to be predominantly ionic or ion-dipole in character, with the differences in geometries reflecting the balance between maximising the coordination number of the metal centre, and minimising ligand-ligand repulsions.
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