μ-1,6-Dioxo-1,6-di-phenyl-hexane-3,4-diolato-bis-[(2,2'-bi-pyridine)-chlorido-copper(II)] dihydrate

Luke Nye; Shane G Telfer; Mark M Turnbull

doi:10.1107/S2414314623007137

μ-1,6-Dioxo-1,6-di-phenyl-hexane-3,4-diolato-bis-[(2,2'-bi-pyridine)-chlorido-copper(II)] dihydrate

IUCrdata. 2023 Aug 30;8(Pt 8):x230713. doi: 10.1107/S2414314623007137. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Authors

Luke Nye¹, Shane G Telfer², Mark M Turnbull¹

Affiliations

¹ Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610, USA.
² School of Natural Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Abstract

The reaction of CuCl₂ with 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5,6-hexa-netetrone and 2,2'-bi-pyridine (bipy) in ethanol gave crystals of the corresponding bimetallic complex, [Cu₂(C₁₈H₁₂O₄)Cl₂(C₁₀H₈N₂)₂]·2H₂O. The mol-ecule is centrosymmetric with each Cu^II ion coordinated to two oxygen atoms from the tetronediate, two nitro-gen atoms from a bipy ligand and one coordinated chloride ion. A water mol-ecule of crystallization forms hydrogen bonds to the chloride ions, linking the mol-ecules into a chain parallel to the bc-face diagonal.

Keywords: CuII; crystal structure; hydrate; hydrogen-bonding; tetronedioate.

Grants and funding

Funding for this research was provided by: National Science Foundation (grant No. IMR-0314773 to MMT).