Crystal structures of {1,1,1-tris[(salicylaldimino)methyl]ethane}gallium as both a pyridine solvate and an acetonitrile 0.75-solvate and {1,1,1-tris[(salicylaldimino)methyl]ethane}indium dichloromethane solvate

Abstract

The sexadentate ligand 1,1,1-tris[(salicylideneamino)methyl]ethane has been reported numerous times in its triply deprotonated form coordinated to transition metals and lanthanides, yet it has been rarely employed with main-group elements, including in substituted forms. Its structures with gallium and indium are reported as solvates, namely, ({[(2,2-bis{[(2-oxidobenzylidene)amino-κ2 N,O]methyl}propyl)imino]methyl}phenololato-κ2 N,O)gallium(III) pyridine monosolvate, [Ga(C26H24N3O3)]·C5H5N, the acetonitrile 0.75-solvate, [Ga(C26H24N3O3)]·0.75C2H3N, and ({[(2,2-bis{[(2-oxidobenzylidene)amino-κ2 N,O]methyl}propyl)imino]methyl}phenololato-κ2 N,O)indium(III) dichloromethane monosolvate, [In(C26H24N3O3)]·CH2Cl2. All three metal complexes are pseudo-octahedral and each structure contains multiple weak C—H...O and/or C—H...N intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions. The syntheses and additional characterization in the forms of melting points, high-resolution mass spectra, infra-red (IR) spectra, and 1H and 13C NMR spectra are also reported.