RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Perchlorate-induced structural diversity in thiosemicarbazone copper(ii) complexes provides insights to understand the reactivity in acidic and basic media A1 Gil García, Rubén A1 Madariaga, Gotzon A1 Jiménez Pérez, Alondra A1 Herrán Torres, Ignacio A1 Gago González, Adrián A1 Ugalde, María A1 Januskaitis, Vaidas A1 Barrera García, Joaquín A1 Insausti, Maite A1 Galletero, María S. A1 Borrás, Joaquín A1 Cuevas Vicario, José Vicente A1 Pedrido Castiñeiras, Rosa A1 Gómez Sáiz, Patricia A1 Lezama, Luis A1 García Tojal, Javier K1 Química inorgánica K1 Chemistry, Inorganic AB The use of perchlorate ancillary ligands with relatively low coordination ability nicely illustrates a rich structural diversity in thiosemicarbazone copper(II) (TSC-Cu(II)) systems. Five compounds with the formulae {[CuL(OH2)][CuL(OClO3)]}n·nClO4·2nH2O (1), [{CuL(OClO3)}2] (2), [Cu(HL)(OClO3)2(OH2)] H2O (3), [Cu2L3](ClO4)·2H2O (4) and [Cu(HL)(NCS)](ClO4) (5) are studied, where HL = pyridine-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone. The crystal structures show the presence of polynuclear species in the compounds containing an anionic L− thiosemicarbazone ligand: 1D chains (1) and dinuclear (2 and 4) arrangements. Meanwhile, complexes with a neutral HL ligand give rise to mononuclear entities (3 and 5). The chemical and structural parallelism of these complexes with the analogous TSC–Cu(II)–nitrate system is discussed. The thiocyanate ligand in compound 5 comes from partial desulfurization of the thiosemicarbazone in acid medium and results in an incommensurate modulated structure. On the other hand, it is proposed that [Cu2L3]+ species present in 4 could play a possible role in desulfurization reactions. Experimental evidence and theoretical calculations support a proposed mechanism for the partial desulfurization of preformed TSC-Cu(II) entities in basic and physiological media to yield the [CuL(LCN)] (HLCN = pyridine-2-ylmethylene(hydrazine carbonitrile)) and [{CuL(SH)}2)] compounds. PB Royal Society of Chemistry YR 2023 FD 2023-03-06 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9323 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9323 LA eng NO This work was supported by the European Union H2020-LC-SC3-2020-NZE-RES-CC, NMBP-16- 2020-GA 953152 and DT-NMBP-04-2020 Projects, together with Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, for the project PID2021- 127531NB-I00 (AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, UE), PDC2022-133955-I00 and Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades CTQ(QMC) RED2018-102471-T MultiMetDrugs Network (Spain), Consejería de Educación of Junta de Castilla y León and FEDER BU049P20, Fundacion Bancaria Caixa D. Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 001 and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2019-106644GB-I00 and Gobierno Vasco IT1458-22. R. G.-G. and A. J.-P. wish to thank the Junta de Castilla y León for their Doctoral Fellowships. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 07-jul-2024