Abstract
Two chiral bidentate C1-symmetric 1,3-oxazolidine ligands (1 and 2) and coordination complexes with copper(II) chloride (Cu2Cl4(C15H14N2O)2 (3) and [Cu2Cl4(C16H16N2O)2]·CH3OH (4)) were synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallographic techniques. The ligands maintain the same stereochemistry within all structures, resulting in an anti-relationship between the 2,4-substituents. Structures 3 and 4 dimerized through bridging chlorides and 3 has an extended hydrogen bonding network resulting in an infinite 1D chain.
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge support from startup funds from the University of South Carolinaand the National Science Foundation CAREER Award CHE-1055616. We would also like to thank Professor Hanno zur Loye for helpful discussions.