Synthesis and crystal structure of oxalato-bridged dicopper(II) complex with hydrogen bonds [Cu2(μ-C2O4)(bpy)2(H2O)2(NO3)2]

  • Jinkui Tang
  • , Enqing Gao
  • , Weiming Bu
  • , Daizheng Liao*
  • , Shiping Yan
  • , Zonghui Jiang
  • , Genglin Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new dicopper(II) complex [Cu2(μ-C2O4)(bpy)2(H2O)2(NO3)2] (1) has been synthesized and its structure determined (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine). The structure consists of centrosymmetric [Cu2(μ- C2O4)(bpy)2(H2O)2(NO3)2] molecules with each Cu(II) ion in a distorted octahedral environment: two nitrogen atoms from bpy, two oxygen atoms from the oxalate ion in the basal plane and two oxygen atoms from H2O and the nitrato group in the two axial positions. The unusual ligand arrangement in (1) and the packing of molecules are attributed to intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonding. The intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonding formed a hydrogen bond plane and the intermolecular hydrogen bonding gave rise to a zigzag chain structure. The e.p.r. study of the polycrystalline powder at 1l0 K gives g is perpendicular to = 2.04 and g is parallel with = 2.20, typical of axially elongated copper(II) systems, and the appearance of the half-field signals suggests a magnetic interaction between the two Cu(II) ions. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)271-275
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Molecular Structure
Volume525
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Jul 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Crystal structure
  • Dicopper(II) complex
  • Hydrogen bonding
  • Oxalate bridges

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