A copper–cyclen coordination complex associated with a polyoxometalate anion: Synthesis, crystal structure and electrochemistry of [Cu(cyclen)(MeCN)][W6O19]

The reaction between Cu(NO3)2·3H2O and a tetra-aza macrocycle, more specifically, cyclen in 1:1 MeCN–MeOH solvent mixture forms a Cu2+–cyclen coordination complex in situ, that has been reacted with an isopolyanion [W6O19]2− in a slow diffusion technique, resulting in the isolation of an ion-pair solid [Cu(cyclen)(MeCN)][W6O19] (1). Single crystal structural investigation on 1 shows a square pyramidal geometry around the metal centre (copper ion) with an axially bound MeCN solvent molecule. The title compound 1 is the first crystallographically characterized ion-pair compound, in which a transition metal coordination complex of a tetra-aza-crown ether (cyclen) has been associated with a polyoxometalate cluster anion. This communication deals with synthesis, spectroscopic, structural and electrochemical analyses of compound 1.

Graphical abstractSupramolecular association between a coordination complex cation [Cu(cyclen)(MeCN)]2+ and an isopolyanion [W6O19]2– results in the isolation of the title compound [Cu(Cyclen)(MeCN)[W6O19] (1). The POM cluster anion has been shown to play an important role in tuning the red-ox property of the associated copper coordination complex cation in compound 1.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide