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Structure and Coordination Determination of Peptide-metal Complexes Using 1D and 2D 1H NMR
Published on: December 16, 2013
Non-conventional coordination of cavity-confined metal centres
Rafael Gramage-Doria1, Dominique Armspach, Dominique Matt
1Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Catalyse, Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS, 1, rue Blaise-Pascal, 67008 Strasbourg cedex, France.
Abstract:
WIDEPHOS, a β-cyclodextrin cavitand bearing two introverted P(III) donor atoms, readily accommodates two converging Au-X fragments (X = Cl, Br, I). In the corresponding [(WIDEPHOS)(AuX)(2)] complexes, severe steric crowding within the cavity results in one of the P-Au-X rods deviating from linearity, as revealed by an X-ray diffraction study and unusual (31)P magnetic shielding of one of the two phosphorus signals. The cavitand ligand is also suited for hosting strained dipalladium moieties with a single chlorido bridge, thereby forming dynamic complexes in which ligand coordination to one of the metal centres occurs via an oschelating P,O-subunit.
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