First hybrid oximehydrazonate phthalocyaninoclathrochelates: The synthesis and properties of lutetium phthalocyanine-capped cage iron(II) complexes

Ditopic oximehydrazonate iron(II) phthalocyaninoclathrochelates were synthesized by a transmetallation (a capping group exchange) reaction of the initial labile triethylantimony-capped clathrochelate iron(II) oximehydrazonates with lutetium(III) phthalocyanine as a Lewis acid. The complexes obtained were characterized using elemental analysis, PD and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometries, IR, UV–Vis, 57Fe Mössbauer, and 1H, 13C{1H} NMR spectroscopies. An encapsulated iron(II) ion was found to be in a low-spin state. The cyclic voltammograms show oxidation and reduction waves assignable to Fe2+/3+ couples of macrobicyclic framework and to phthalocyanine macrocycles.

Graphical abstractDitopic oximehydrazonate iron(II) phthalocyaninoclathrochelates were synthesized by a transmetallation reaction of the labile triethylantimony-capped clathrochelate iron(II) oximehydrazonates with lutetium(III) phthalocyanine. Encapsulated iron(II) ion was found to be in a low-spin state. The cyclic voltammograms show oxidation and reduction waves assignable to Fe2+/3+ couples of macrobicyclic framework and to phthalocyanine macrocycles.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide