Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1389705 Carbohydrate Research 2008 12 Pages PDF
Abstract

Two mononuclear nickel(II) complexes with Schiff-base ligands derived from the epimeric sugars glucosamine and mannosamine have been synthesized. The X-ray crystal structure reveals a distorted octahedral geometry at the nickel(II) ions with an N4O2 donor set and the rare 2,3-chelation of the donor atoms of the carbohydrate backbone. Upon complexation only the glucopyranose ring maintains the 4C1 chair conformation, whereas the mannopyranose ring adopts the OS5 screw-boat conformation. Dimeric units of complex cations are formed by intermolecular hydrogen bonding which are further assembled by π-stacking affording one-dimensional chains with a twofold screw symmetry.

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