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In order to understand the reaction mechanism under (%) for C8H16N2NiO6: C, 32.58; H, 5.47; N, 9.50. Found
hydro(solvo)thermal conditions, many approaches or (%): C, 32.97; H, 5.19; N, 9.36. Main IR bands (KBr,
[1]
models have been proposed , and to obtain a metastable cm-1): 3500~3000m ν(H2O), 1672wν(C=O); 1592s ν
compound or mediate in any hydro(solvo)thermal reac- (C=N); 1378m δ(CH3); 1205m δ(C–O); 1058w ν(C–N).
tion is very useful to demonstrate its potential me- 2. 3 X-ray crystal structure determination
[2]
chanism. As Xu et al. reported, a metastable compound, A selected crystal with dimensions of 0.40mm ×
protonated acetamide in enolic form, was yielded by the 0.38mm × 0.37mm was mounted on a glass fiber. X-ray
hydrolysis of acetonitrile with copper chloride under diffraction intensity data were collected on a BRUKER
hydrothermal condition. This intrigues us to study the SMART CCD diffractometer equipped with a graphite-
hydrolysis of acetonitrile in the presence of transition monochromatized MoKα (λ = 0.71073 Å) radiation by
metal nickel with solvothermal method. During the using the ω-2θ scan mode (3.11≤θ≤25.01º) at 296(2) K.
reaction of acetonitrile with nickel acetate, we noted that A total of 5251 reflections were collected with 1213
acetonitrile had changed into acetyl imide in an enol form unique ones (Rint = 0.0259). The crystal structure was
and the latter coordinated to nickel as a bidentate ligand. It solved by direct methods and Fourier synthesis with the
could be proposed that acetic acid is formed through the program SHELXS-97[10] and refined by full-matrix
hydrolysis of acetonitrile, and then acetic acid and least-squares techniques on F2 using program SHELXL-
acetonitrile may exchange their carboxyl and cyano 97[11]. The non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotro-
groups[9]. As the exchange reaction is at an equilibrium pically and hydrogen atoms were theoretically added. The
[9]
condition, the reaction intermediate may be imide which final refinement converged at R = 0.0487 and wR =
can be better proved by the title complex. Of course, the 0.1482 (w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0911P)2 + 1.2951P], where P
proposal needs further more experiments to prove. Herein = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3) for 845 observed reflections with I >
we report the solvothermal synthesis, crystal structure, 2σ(I). S = 1.074, (Δ/σ)max = 0.001, (Δρ)max = 0.561 and
thermal stability and antimicrobial activity of the novel (Δρ)min = –0.489 e/Å3.
title nickel complex [Ni(CH3CONCOCH3)2·2(H2O)]. 2. 4 Antimicrobial activity determination
The title complex was evaluated for antibacterial activity
2 EXPERIMENTAL against coli bacillus, staphylococcus aureus and bacillus
subtilis by the modified agar diffusion method[12, 13]
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2. 1 General Because the ligand imide without nickel is not obtained in
All reagents were of analytical grade without further the experiment, the antibacterial activity of nickel acetate
purification. Elemental analyses were carried out with a was tested for comparison. The compounds were dis-
Perkin-Elmer 2400-II analyzer. IR spectrum was recorded solved in DMF. Nutrient agar thawed by heating in a
on a Spectrum One BFT-IR spectrophotometer using KBr water bath was transferred to plates and frozen at 37 ℃.
pellets. Thermal analyses were performed on a After the test strains were spread on the solid nutrient agar
e
METTLER TOLEDO TGA/SDTA 851 . surface, stainless steel tubes (7.8mm × 6mm × 10mm)
2. 2 Synthesis of the title complex were spread on the surface. 0.05 mL compound with
A mixture of Ni(CH3COO)2·4H2O (248.7 mg, 1 mmol) certain concentration was injected to the steel tubes
and acetonitrile (13 mL) were sealed in a 25 mL allowed to incubate at 37 ℃ for 24 h. The zones of
Teflon-lined stainless-steel reactor and placed in an oven inhibition around the disc were calculated as zone
at 180 ℃ for 5 days. After cooling to room temperature, diameter in millimeters. Blank tests showed that DMF in
the solution was filtrated, and on slowly evaporating the preparing the test solutions does not affect the test
filtrate for 3 day, orange block-shaped crystals suitable for organisms. All tests were repeated three times and average
X-ray analysis were collected. Yield: 37%. Anal. Calcd. data were taken as the final result.
CHEN W. B. et al.: Solvothermal Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Antimicrobial
516 Activity of a Novel Imide Nickel Complex [Ni(CH3CONCOCH3)2·2(H2O)] No. 4
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3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION that at 1378 cm can be assigned to the methyl group
(ν(C-H)). The above analysis indicates that imide in the
3. 1 IR spectrum characteristics complex is present in an enolic form. The IR spectrum
IR spectrum of the title complex shows one broad band analysis coincides with the X-ray diffraction analysis.
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in the 3500 ~3000 cm region, attributable to the 3. 2 Crystal structure of the title complex
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vibration of water. The weak band at 1672 cm can be The selected bond lengths and bond angles relevant to
assigned to the carboxyl group of imide (ν(C=O)), and the the Ni(II) coordination sphere are given in Table 1. The
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strong band at 1592 cm to imino group of the imide molecular structure of the title complex is shown in Fig. 1,
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(ν(C=N)). Bands at 1205 and 1058 cm are the charac- and the packing diagram is viewed along a in Fig. 2.
teristic vibration of δ(C-O) and ν(C-N)[14], respectively, while
Fig. 1. Molecular structure of the title complex Fig. 2. Packing diagram of the title complex viewed along a
As shown in Fig. 1, each ligand imide formed during hydrogen atom of hydroxyl group of imide was lost
solvothermal reaction in the title complex provides two during the formation of a coordinate bond for the charge
oxygen atoms as coordination cites, acting as a bidentate balance. The above-mentioned bond distances further
ligand. In the ligand, the C(1)–N(1) (1.342(5) Å) and prove the enolic form of imide ligand in the title complex.
C(3)–N(1) (1.358(5) Å) bonds are in the range of C=N The central Ni(II) is four coordinated by four oxygen
[3]
bond (1.34~1.38 Å) , indicating that the molecule has a atoms from two ligands, and the five atoms of
good conjugated system. Furthermore, C(1)–O(1) Ni(1)O(1)O(2)O(1)AO(2)A are perfectly coplanar. The
(1.322(5) Å) is in the range of the C–O bond (1.30~1.39 bond lengths of Ni(1)–O(1) (1.856(4) Å) and Ni(1)–O(2)
[3]
Å) and belongs to a single bond, while C(3)–O(2) (1.867(4) Å) are somewhat longer than those of other
(1.294(5) Å) can be considered as a double bond which four-coordinated nickel complexes[12, 13, 15], while the bond
may be elongated during coordination to metal. And angles of O(1)A–Ni(1)–O(2), O(1)–Ni(1)–O(2), O(1)A–
2011 Vol. 30 结 构 化 学(JIEGOU HUAXUE)Chinese J. Struct. Chem. 517
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Ni(1)–O(2) and O(1)–Ni(1)–O(2) are respectively weight loss of the first step is 11.99% in the range of 80~
89.98(12), 90.02(12), 90.02(12) and 89.98(12)º, with their 114 ℃, attributed to the release of uncoordinated water
A
summation to be 360°, and those of O(1) –Ni(1)–O(1) (calcd. 12.22%). At the same time, an endothermal peak is
and O(2)–Ni(1)–O(2)A are 180.00(1)º. These data show observed at 111 ℃, which resulted from the removal of
the coordination geometry of Ni(II) center is close to a uncoordinated water. Upon further heating, a weight loss
perfectly square plane. Through calculation, it can be of 70.29% is observed between 114 and 400 ℃ accom-
known that the two chelating six-membered rings are panying with a strong endothermal process at 314 ℃,
almost coplanar (the mean deviation from the plane is consistent with the loss of two imide ligands (calcd.
0.0081 Å), thus forming a good conjugated system. 67.89%). At the same time, the residue is nickel, whose
There are two types of hydrogen bonding interactions weight percentage of 17.72% is consistent with the
between the imide nickel complex and uncoordinated calculated value of 19.9%. When the temperature is up to
water in the title complex. As shown in Fig. 3, the oxygen 900 ℃, the residue content is increased too, which may be
O(1) atom and nitrogen N(1) of imide are hydrogen- caused by the oxidation of nickel under high temperature.
bonded to oxygen O(3) of the uncoordinated water, for- The final residue may be Ni2O, and the weight percentage
ming intramolecular hydrogen bonds O(3)–H(3C)···O(1) of the experimental value (22.10%) and that of the
and intermolecular hydrogen bonds O(3)–H(3D)···N(1). calculated value (22.60%) are almost equal to each other.
Detailed data for the hydrogen bonds are given in Table 2.
Through these H-bond interactions, the title complex was 100
60 0
40
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20
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Temperature / C
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