Crown-hydroxylamines are pH-dependent chelating N,O-ligands with a potential for aerobic oxidation catalysis

Vladislav K. Lesnikov, Ivan S. Golovanov, Yulia V. Nelyubina, Svetlana A. Aksenova and Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov ()
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Vladislav K. Lesnikov: Russian Academy of Sciences
Ivan S. Golovanov: Russian Academy of Sciences
Yulia V. Nelyubina: Russian Academy of Sciences
Svetlana A. Aksenova: Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov: Russian Academy of Sciences

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Despite the rich coordination chemistry, hydroxylamines are rarely used as ligands for transition metal coordination compounds. This is partially because of the instability of these complexes that undergo decomposition, disproportionation and oxidation processes involving the hydroxylamine motif. Here, we design macrocyclic poly-N-hydroxylamines (crown-hydroxylamines) that form complexes containing a d-metal ion (Cu(II), Ni(II), Mn(II), and Zn(II)) coordinated by multiple (up to six) hydroxylamine fragments. The stability of these complexes is likely to be due to a macrocycle effect and strong intramolecular H-bonding interactions between the N−OH groups. Crown-hydroxylamine complexes exhibit interesting pH-dependent behavior where the efficiency of metal binding increases upon deprotonation of the hydroxylamine groups. Copper complexes exhibit catalytic activity in aerobic oxidation reactions under ambient conditions, whereas the corresponding complexes with macrocyclic polyamines show poor or no activity. Our results show that crown-hydroxylamines display anomalous structural features and chemical behavior with respect to both organic hydroxylamines and polyaza-crowns.

Date: 2023
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