1,2-Bis(2-benzimidazolyl)-1,2-ethanediol, a chiral, tridentate, facially coordinating ligand

Isele, Katharina; Broughton, Vanessa; Matthews, Craig J.; Williams, Alan F.; Bernardinelli, Gérald; Franz, Patrick; Decurtins, Silvio (2002). 1,2-Bis(2-benzimidazolyl)-1,2-ethanediol, a chiral, tridentate, facially coordinating ligand. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions(20), pp. 3899-3905. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/b203229e

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The ligand 1,2-bis(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-1,2-ethanediol, 1, and its methylated derivative 2 are readily synthesized from tartaric acid, and act as chiral, facially coordinating tridentate ligands, forming complexes of composition ML2 with octahedral transition metals. The copper(II) complexes show distorted 4 + 2 coordination with benzimidazoles occupying the equatorial sites and alcohol functions weakly binding in the axial sites. Nickel(II) complexes in three different states of protonation show regular octahedral geometry with the alcohols mutually cis. Deprotonation of the coordinated alcohol produces little structural change but the monodeprotonated complex forms a hydrogen bonded dimer. Magnetic measurements show the hydrogen bonded bridge to offer a pathway for weak antiferromagnetic coupling. UV-Visible spectroscopy shows the ligand to have a field intermediate between water and pyridine. The diastereoselectivity of complexation depends on the geometry: nickel(II) shows a weak preference for the homochiral complex, whereas copper(II) forms almost exclusively homochiral complexes.

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