Molecular Architectures Derived from Metal Ions and the Flexible 3,3′-Bipyridine Ligand: Unexpected Dimer with Hg(II)
The flexible ditopic ligand 3,-bipyridine (3,-bpy) has been reacted with a series of transition metal species (A, H, cis- ( or ; ), trans- ()) in an attempt to produce discrete cyclic constructs. While A gave a polymeric structure [Ag(3,-bpy)](Cl) (1), with all other metal entities cyclic structures were formed. Interestingly, Hg(CCOO produced a dinuclear complex [Hg(3,-bpy)(CCOO 3O (2), in which the two 3,-bpy ligands adopt a cis-orientation of the coordinating pyridyl entities. With cis-(, a cyclic complex4was isolated in crystalline form which, according to HRMS, is a trimer. With trans-(, different species are formed according to NMR spectroscopy, the nature of which was not established.