Solution and Solid-State Preparation of 18-Crown-6 and 15-Crown-5 Adducts of Hydrogen Sulfate Salts and an Investigation of the Reversible Dehydration Processes

A new class of organic−inorganic complexes has been prepared by reaction in solution or by mechanical mixing of
15-Crown-5 or 18-Crown-6 ethers with MSO4 (M = Mn2+, Cd2+, Pb2+) and/or H2SO4 in stoichiometric amount. The complexes
(15-Crown-5)[Mn(H2O)2(HSO4)2] (1), (15-Crown-5)[Cd(H2O)2(HSO4)2] (2), (15-Crown-5)[(H7O3)(HSO4)2]·H2O (3), (18-Crown-6)[Pb(HSO4)2] (4), and (18-Crown-6)[(H5O2)(HSO4)] (5) have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds
1 and 2 undergo reversible water release−uptake processes, accompanied by a change in coordination at the metal centers; the
dehydration and phase-transition processes have been investigated by DSC, TGA, and variable-temperature X-ray powder diffraction.