%0 Generic %A Isele, Katharina %A Franz, Patrick %A Ambrus, Christina %A Bernardinelli, Gérald %A Decurtins, Silvio %A Williams, Alan F. %D 2005 %T Self-Assembly and Interconversion of Tetranuclear Copper(II) Complexes %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Self_Assembly_and_Interconversion_of_Tetranuclear_Copper_II_Complexes/3284146 %R 10.1021/ic0500762.s001 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/5121886 %K H 2 bzimed %K Cu 4 1 5 %K Cu 4 1 4 %K NMR %K OH %K H 2 mbzimed %K Cu 4 %K cubane structure %K complexes show antiferromagnetic %K tetranuclear species %K Cu 2 O 2 lozenge %K Cu 2 2 2 %K Cu 4 2 3 %K Cu 2 O 2 units %K Magnetic susceptibility measurements %X The ligand 1,2-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)-1,2-ethanediol (H2bzimed, 1) and its N-methylated analogue (H2mbzimed, 2) form a variety of polynuclear complexes with copper(II), all of which contain a planar Cu2O2 lozenge as a central element and in which the bridging oxygen belongs to an alkoxo group of the ligand. Syntheses are reported for dinuclear [Cu2(Hmbzimed)2](ClO4)2·1.5H2O, Cu222, and the tetranuclear species [Cu4(Hbzimed)4(ClO4)2](NO3)2·4H2O, Cu414, [Cu4(Hmbzimed)2(mbzimed)Cl2](ClO4)2·2H2O·C2H5OH, Cu423, and rac-[Cu4(H2bzimed)4(bzimed)(ClO4)2](ClO4)4·1.5H2O·3.5C2H5OH, Cu415. Crystal structures are reported for the tetranuclear species. Cu414 shows a cubane structure, Cu423 a stepped cubane structure, and rac-Cu415 a novel structure in which one doubly deprotonated ligand lies between the two Cu2O2 units. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that all complexes show antiferromagnetic coupling in the solid state. Studies in solution (ESI-MS, CD, NMR) show that Cu222 and Cu423 persist in solution but that Cu414 dissociates partially and rac-Cu415 completely. The six coordination modes of the ligands are discussed together with the effect of the N-methylation on the ligand conformation. %I ACS Publications