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Transition metal carboxamide complexes are coordination complexes containing one or more amide ligands (RC(O)NH2 being the simplest members) bound to a transition metal.[1] Many amides are known, proteins for example. Amides are generally at least weakly basic, so the inventory of their coordination complexes is large. Amide complexation is an important structural motif in bioinorganic chemistry. This binding is also relevant to catalysis, since metal-amide complexes are intermediates in the metal-catalyzed hydrolysis of amides to carboxylic acids.[2]

Ligand properties

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Several principles and trends are illustrated by the case of complexes of dimethylformamide, a very common amide ligand. Amides bind to metals through oxygen, which is the basic site of amides. Amides are thus L ligands in the Covalent bond classification method, i.e. charge-neutral 2e donors. With respect to HSAB theory, amides are hard ligands.

The M-O=C(NH2)H entity is planar in complexes of formamide. Similarly, the M-O=C(NC2)H entity is planar in complexes of DMF. Two geometrically distinct bonding modes are possible depending on the relative positions of the metal ion and the N-substituent on the amide. For simple unidentate amides, like DMF, the M and N are transoid.

Nomenclature

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Often amide refers to carboxamide, and often amide refers to the anions R2N- and their derivatives. Tetrakis(dimethylamido)titanium (Ti(N(CH3)2)4) illustrates the ambiguity of the terminology.

Homoleptic complexes

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Structure of [Ru(dmf)6]2+. Selected distances: Ru-O, 2.1 Å, C-O, 1.22 Å, C-N, 1.32 Å. Color code: red = O, blue = N, gray = C.

Being a compact ligand, DMF forms homoleptic complexes with several metal cations. Some of those characterized by X-ray crystallography are listed below. [Ni(DMF)6](BPh4)2[3]

  • [Mn(DMF)6](BPh4)2[4]
  • [Fe(DMF)6](B(CN)4)2[5]
  • [Co(DMF)6]I2[6]
  • [Zn(DMF)6](BPh4)2[7]
  • [Ru(DMF)6](O3SCF3)3[8]
  • [Cd(DMF)6]B12H12[9]

Chelating amide ligands

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Diacetamide (HN(C(O)CH3)2) and glycinamide (H2NC(O)CH2NH2) are two of many examples of chelating amide ligands. They respectively form the complexes [Co((HN(COCH3)2(SCN)2}}[10] and ([Co(H2NCOCH2NH2)(H2NCH2CH2NH2)2]3+.

Reactions

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The amide ligand in cationic complexes is prone toward hydrolysis:[11]

[Co(NH3)5(OCH(NMe2)]3+ + OH− → [Co(NH3)5(O2CH]2+ + HNMe2 (Me = CH3)

The N-H bonds in amide ligands are acidified relative to the free ligand. Consequently, amide complexes are susceptible to deprotonation. This conversion is often accompanied by isomerization to the N-bonded form. This form of [[linkage isomerism is manifested in glycinamide complexes.[12]

Acid-base reaction of a dicationic glycinamide complex (L = arbitrary ligand).

References

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  3. ^ Yamaguchi, Ryo; Yamasaki, Mikio; Sakiyama, Hiroshi (2011). "Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Hexa-DMF Nickel(II) Complex that Belongs to an S6 Point Group". X-Ray Structure Analysis Online. 27: 71–72. Bibcode:2011XRAO...27...71Y. doi:10.2116/xraystruct.27.71.
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  9. ^ Korolenko, S. E.; Goeva, L. V.; Kubasov, A. S.; Avdeeva, V. V.; Malinina, E. A.; Kuznetsov, N. T. (2020). "Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) Complexes with Boron Cluster Anions [M(solv)6][BNHN] (M = Zn(II), Cd(II); solv = DMF, DMSO; n = 10, 12)". Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 65 (6): 846–853. doi:10.1134/S0036023620060091.
  10. ^ Khodashova, T. S.; Nikolaev, V. P.; Porai-Koshits, M. A.; Butman, L. A.; Tabidze, E. I.; Tsintsadze, G. V. (November 1986). "Structure of complex compounds of cobalt with acetylacetamide". Koord.Khim. (in Russian). 12 (1): 128. OSTI 6476419. Retrieved April 25, 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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