Synthesis of metal complexes with 2-[bis(2-phenylethyl)-thiophophorylhydroxymethyl]-1-organilimidazoles. Crystal structure of ZnCl 2 · 2L

The reactions of Zn(II), Cd(II), Cu(II), Co(II), Pd(II) dichlorides with 2-[bis(2-phenylethyl)thiophosphorylhydroxymethyl]-1-organilimidazoles (L 1 –L 4 ) were studied. The novel complexes were synthesized and characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopies. Depending on the nature of imidazolephosphinesulfide, both monodentate (at the “pyridine” N(1) atom of heterocycle) and the N,S-bidentate binding of the ligand by a metal can be realized in the above metal complexes. The structure of the complex ZnCl 2 · 2L 4 (I) (L 4 = 2-[bis(2-phenylethyl)thiophosphorylhydroxymethyl]-1-ethylbenzimidazole) was studied by X-ray diffraction. One of the two independent L 4 molecules performs the solvate function, while another one, together with two Cl atoms, is coordinated through the atoms N(1) and S to the Zn atom at the vertices of a slightly distorted tetrahedron. The molecule of the complex is united with the solvate molecule into [ZnCl 2 L 4 ]L 4 associates by strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds to give nonplanar four-membered H-cycle OH 2 N.