Coordination compounds containing a novel tridentate pyrazolylgallate ligand. X-ray structures of Me2Ga(μ-OH)(μ-Me2pz)GaMe2•HOCH2Me2pz and [Me2Ga(pz)(OCH2pz)]2Ni (pz = N2C3H3)
The syntheses of the novel anionic tridentate dimethyl(pyrazol-1-yl)(1-oxymethylpyrazolyl)gallate ligand and representative transition metal complexes thereof are reported. The direct reaction of Me3Ga with 1-hydroxymethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazole leads to the isolation of Me2Ga(μ-OH)(μ-Me2pz)GaMe2•HOCH2Me2pz. Crystals of (μ-hydroxy)(μ-3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)bis(dimethylgallium) 1-hydroxymethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazole solvate are monoclinic, a = 33.105(2), b = 7.3048(7), c = 8.8336(6) Å, β = 97.474(7)°, Z = 4, space group P21/n, and those of bis[dimethyl(pyrazol-1-yl)(1-oxymethylpyrazolyl)gallato-N2,N2′,O]nickel(II) are monoclinic, a = 9.6345(3), b = 14.2731(6), c = 18.6356(7) Å, β = 99,660(3)°, Z = 4, space group P21/c. Both structures were solved by conventional heavy atom methods and were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.044 and 0.037 for 2660 and 3904 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I), respectively. Mean bond lengths in Me2Ga(μ-OH)(μ-Me2pz)GaMe2•HOCH2Me2pz are Ga—O = 1.918(11), Ga—N = 2.001(5), and Ga—C = 1.955(5) Å. Fac-[Me2Ga(pz)(OCH2pz)]2Ni crystallizes as an all-cis isomer with normal bond lengths and angles at Ga and Ni—O = 1.918(3) and 1.927(3), Ni—N = 2.030(4)–2.111(4) Å. The coordination geometry about Ni is irregular pseudo-octahedral with evidence of both steric and structural trans effects.