Salen ligand

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Salen ligand
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Salen structure.svg
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Names
Other names
2,2'-Ethylenebis(nitrilomethylidene)diphenol, N,N'-Ethylenebis(salicylimine)
Identifiers
94-93-9 N
Properties
C16H16N2O2
Molar mass 268.31
Appearance yellow solid
Melting point 125 to 129 °C (257 to 264 °F; 398 to 402 K)
organic solvents
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Salen is the abbreviation for a popular chelating ligand used in coordination chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. The name salen is a contraction for salicylaldehyde and ethylenediamine. The ligand is a bright yellow micaceous solid that is soluble in polar organic solvents.

Nomenclature

The diphenol H2salen is the conjugate acid of the ligand that logically is salen2−. But the terminology is used loosely. As an anionic tetradendate ligand, salen2− resembles tetradentate ligands including those that are macrocyclic, such as porphyrinate, corrin, bis(dimethylglyoximate), and some Schiff bases.

Preparation

SalenH2 is commercially available. It was first prepared by Pfeiffer.[1] It is often generated in situ followed by the addition of the metal salt, but the ligand is also easily prepared as a pure organic compound by the condensation of ethylenediamine and salicylaldehyde.[2]

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acacen ligands

Related to salen ligands but based on non-aromatic precursors are the acacen ligands. These dianionic tetradentate ligands are often derived from the condensation of ketoaldehyde equivalents and diamines. The name acacen derives from the abbreviation for acetylacetone and ethylenediamine.[3][4]

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Synthesis and complexation of a "Jaeger" N2O2 ligand.

References

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  3. Dennis P. Riley, Daryle H. Busch "Macrocyclic Tetraazatetraenato Ligands and their Metal Complexes" Inorganic Syntheses 1978, volume 18, p. 36 ff. doi:10.1002/9780470132494.ch7
  4. Birgit Weber, Ernst-G. Jäger "Structure and Magnetic Properties of Iron(II/III) Complexes with N2O22– Coordinating Schiff Base Like Ligands" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, pp. 455. doi:10.1002/ejic.200990003

See also