Stability and structure in solution of potassium and barium complexes with N,N’-diaryldiaza-18-crown-6: Crystal structure of N,N’-Bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl)diaza-18-crown-6 and its complex with barium perchlorate

It has been shown that N,N’-diaryldiaza-18-crown-6 ethers with p-dimethylamino-and p-methoxy groups in the benzene ring (aryl is 4-Mc2NC6H4) (I) and 4-MeOC6H4 (II) form complexes with potassium and barium salts. The influence of these salts on the UV and 1H NMR spectra of crown ethers I and II has been studied. The stability constants (logβ) of the complexes increase in the series II · Ba(ClO4)2 (2.0), I · Ba(ClO4)2 (2.3), II · KBr (2.8), I · KBr (3.0). N,N’-bis(4-dimethylphenylamine)diaza-18-crown-6 (L, I) and its complex with barium perchlorate Ba(ClO4)2 · L (III) are characterized by X-ray crystallography. The crystals of I are monoclinic: a = 13.778(2) Å, b = 5.9731(9) Å, c = 17.542(3) Å, β = 106.65(1)°, V = 1383.1(4) Å3, Z = 2, space group P21/n, R = 0.0374 for 990 reflections with I > 2σ(I). The crystals of III are monoclinic: a = 17.275(4) Å, b = 8.017(2) Å, c = 26.935(4) Å, β = 100.47(2)°, V = 3669(1) Å3, Z = 4, space group C2/c, R = 0.0320 for 1897 reflections with I > 2σ(I). The molecules of I and III are centrosymmetric. In III, the Ba atom is in the center of substituted diaza-18-crown-6 (DA18C6). The Ba atom is coordinated by all six donor atoms of diaza-18-crown-6 (av. Ba-O, 2.779(3) Å; Ba-N, 3.004(4) Å) and four oxygen atoms of two asymmetrically bound perchlorate groups (Ba-O, 2.832(4) and 3.031(4) Å) arranged below and above the plane of substituted diaza-18-crown-6. The conformations of the macrocycle in free and coordinated L are different.