Issue 21, 2018

Hydrosoluble Cu(i)-DAPTA complexes: synthesis, characterization, luminescence thermochromism and catalytic activity for microwave-assisted three-component azide–alkyne cycloaddition click reaction

Abstract

New hydrosoluble and air-stable Cu(I) halide compounds, viz. [CuX(DAPTA)3] (1) and (2), and [Cu(μ-X)(DAPTA)2]2 (3) and (4) (X = Br or I, in this order), have been prepared by reacting Cu(I) halide (i.e., bromide or iodide) with 3,7-diacetyl-1,3,7-triaza-5-phosphabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (DAPTA) under mild conditions. They represent the first examples of Cu(I) halide complexes bearing the DAPTA ligand, which have been fully characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H, 13C{1H} and 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopies, ESI-MS+ and, for 4, also by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) analyses. Complexes 1–4 are efficient catalysts for the one-pot microwave assisted three-component (terminal alkyne, organic halide and NaN3) Huisgen cycloaddition reaction in aqueous media to afford the corresponding disubstituted triazoles. The catalysis proceeds with a broad alkyne substrate scope and according to “click rules”. Photophysical studies of compound 4 showed an unusual reversible thermochromic behaviour exhibiting a blue emission at 298 K due to the halide-to-ligand charge transfer (3XLCT) and a red emission at 77 K because of the {Cu2I2} unit.

Graphical abstract: Hydrosoluble Cu(i)-DAPTA complexes: synthesis, characterization, luminescence thermochromism and catalytic activity for microwave-assisted three-component azide–alkyne cycloaddition click reaction

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Mar 2018
Accepted
27 Apr 2018
First published
16 May 2018

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 7290-7299

Hydrosoluble Cu(I)-DAPTA complexes: synthesis, characterization, luminescence thermochromism and catalytic activity for microwave-assisted three-component azide–alkyne cycloaddition click reaction

A. G. Mahmoud, M. F. C. Guedes da Silva, J. Sokolnicki, P. Smoleński and A. J. L. Pombeiro, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 7290 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT01232F

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