molecules Article A New Tetradentate Mixed Aza-Thioether Macrocycle and Its Complexation Behavior towards Fe(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) Ions 1,2, 1, 1,2 1 Sze-Wing Ng y, Siu-Chung Chan y, Chi-Fung Yeung , Shek-Man Yiu and Chun-Yuen Wong 1,2,* 1 Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 2 State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong * Correspondence:
[email protected]; Tel.: +852-3442-6831 These authors contributed equally to this work. y Academic Editors: Emilia Furia and Tiziana Marino Received: 5 April 2020; Accepted: 22 April 2020; Published: 27 April 2020 Abstract: A new tetradentate mixed aza-thioether macrocyclic ligand 2,6-dithia[7](2,9)-1,10- phenanthrolinophane ([13]ane(phenN2)S2) was successfully synthesized. Reacting metal precursors [Fe(CH CN) (OTf) ], Ni(ClO ) 6H O, and Cu(ClO ) 6H O with one equivalent of 3 2 2 4 2· 2 4 2· 2 [13]ane(phenN2)S2 afforded [Fe([13]ane(phenN2)S2)(OTf)2](1), [Ni([13]ane(phenN2)S2)](ClO4)2 (2(ClO4)2), and [Cu([13]ane(phenN2)S2)(OH2)](ClO4)2 (3(ClO4)2), respectively. The structures of [13]ane(phenN2)S2 and all of its metal complexes were investigated by X-ray crystallography. The [13]ane(phenN2)S2 was found to behave as a tetradentate ligand via its donor atoms N and S. Keywords: first-row transition metal ion; macrocyclic ligand; coordination complex 1. Introduction Coordination chemistry of first-row transition metal ions has attracted considerable attention for decades due to their high biological relevance.