catena‐Poly­[[[aqua(2‐methyl‐4‐oxo‐4H‐pyran‐3‐olato‐κO3,O4)copper(II)]‐μ‐chloro] monohydrate]

In the title complex, {[Cu(C₆H₅O₃)Cl(H₂O)]·H₂O}_n, the Cu^II atom has a deformed square‐pyramidal coordination geometry formed by two O atoms of the maltolate ligand, two bridging Cl atoms and the coordinated water O atom. The Cu atoms are bridged by Cl atoms to form a polymeric chain. The deprotonated hydroxyl and ketone O atoms of the maltolate ligand form a five‐membered chelate ring with the Cu atom. Stacking interactions and hydrogen bonds exist in the crystal.     

A tetranuclear copper(II) cluster: bis(μ‐4‐chlorobenzoato‐κ2O:O′)(4‐chlorobenzoato‐κ2O,O′)(4‐chlorobenzoato‐κO)tetrakis(μ3‐2‐pyridylmethanolato‐κ4N,O:O:O)tetracopper(II)

The title compound, [Cu₄(C₇H₄ClO₂)₄(C₆H₆NO)₄], consists of isolated tetranuclear clusters, where the Cu²⁺ cations are five‐ and sixfold coordinated by O atoms from the 4‐chlorobenzoate anions and by pyridine N and methanolate O atoms from bidentate 2‐pyridylmethanolate ligands. While three Cu atoms are six‐coordinated by an NO₅ donor set forming distorted octahedra, the fourth Cu atom is five‐coordinated by an NO₄ donor set forming a distorted tetragonal–pyramidal coordination around the Cu atom. The nucleus is a deformed cubane‐like Cu₄O₄ structure, with Cu...Cu distances in the range 3.0266 (11)–3.5144 (13) Å.     

Tetraaqua‐1κO,2κ3O‐(μ‐2,4‐dinitrophenolato‐1κ2O1,O2:2κO1)(2,4‐dinitrophenolato‐1κ2O1,O2)dilithium(I): a dinuclear lithium(I) complex

The title complex, [Li₂(C₆H₃N₂O₅)₂(H₂O)₄], contains two kinds of Li atoms, viz. five‐coordinated and four‐coordinated. The five‐coordinated Li ion has a tetragonal–pyramidal geometry, with a water molecule in the apical position and four O atoms from two 2,4‐dinitrophenolate (2,4‐DNP) ligands in the basal plane. The four‐coordinated Li ion has a tetrahedral geometry, with three water molecules and one phenolate O atom of a 2,4‐DNP ligand. The Li ions are bridged by a phenolate O atom, giving the complex a dinuclear structure. The crystal packing is stabilized by O—H...O hydrogen‐bonding interactions involving the water molecules and nitro O atoms.     

Bis(acesulfamato‐κ2N3,O4)bis­(2‐amino­pyrimidine‐κN1)copper(II)

In the crystal structure of the title compound, bis­(2‐amino­pyrimidine‐κN¹)bis­[6‐meth­yl‐1,2,3‐oxathia­zin‐4(3H)‐one 2,2‐dioxide(1−)‐κ²N³,O⁴]copper(II), [Cu(C₄H₄NO₄S)₂(C₄H₅N₃)₂], the first mixed‐ligand complex of acesulfame, the Cu^II centre resides on a centre of symmetry and has an octa­hedral geometry that is distorted both by the presence of four‐membered chelate rings and by the Jahn–Teller effect. The equatorial plane is formed by the N atoms of two amino­pyrimidine (ampym) ligands and by the weakly basic carbonyl O atoms of the acesulfamate ligands, while the more basic deprotonated N atoms of these ligands are in the elongated axial positions with a strong misdirected valence. The crystal is stabilized by pyrimidine ring stacking and by inter­molecular hydrogen bonding involving the NH₂ moiety of the ampym ligand and the carbon­yl O atom of the acesulfamate moiety.     

Bis(μ‐4‐chloro­benzoato‐κ2O:O)bis[(2‐aminopyridine‐κN)silver(I)]

The title compound, [Ag₂(C₇H₄ClO₂)₂(C₅H₆N₂)₂], lies about an inversion centre and the Ag atom is three‐coordinated by two O atoms and one N atom from three different ligands. The 4‐chloro­benzoate anion acts as a monodonor ligand, bridging two inversion‐related Ag atoms of the compound into a dimer. There are weak intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds in the structure.     

trans‐Di­aqua­bis(6‐hydroxy­picolinato‐κ2N,O2)copper(II)

In the title compound, [Cu(C₆H₄NO₃)₂(H₂O)₂], the Cu^II ion lies on an inversion centre and has an elongated octahedral environment, equatorially trans‐coordinated by two N,O‐bidentate picolinate ligands and axially coordinated by two water O atoms. The complex mol­ecules form layers, which are linked by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the aqua ligands and neighbouring carboxyl­ate groups. An intramolecular hydrogen bond between the coordinated carboxyl­ate O atom and the hydroxy H atom is also observed.     

Di­aqua­bis(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)­manganese(II) thiodiglycolate bis(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)(thiodiglycolato‐κ2O,O′)­manganese(II) tridecahydrate

The title compound, [Mn(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂(H₂O)₂](C₄H₄O₄S)·[Mn(C₄H₄O₄S)(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂]·13H₂O, contains one dianion of thio­diglycolic acid (tdga²⁻) and two independent man­ganese(II) moieties, viz. [Mn(phen)₂(H₂O)₂]²⁺ and [Mn(tdga)(phen)₂], where phen is 1,10‐phenanthroline. The Mn^II atoms are octahedrally coordinated by four N atoms of two bidentate phen ligands [Mn—N = 2.240 (2)–2.3222 (19) Å] and either two water O atoms or two tdga carboxyl O atoms [Mn—O = 2.1214 (17)–2.1512 (17) Å]. The tdga ligand chelates as an O,O′‐bidentate ligand, forming an eight‐membered ring with one Mn atom. The free tdga²⁻ dianion is hydrogen bonded to an [Mn(phen)₂(H₂O)₂]²⁺ ion, with O⋯O distances of 2.606 (2) and 2.649 (2) Å. The crystal structure is further stabilized by an extensive network of hydrogen bonds involving 13 water mol­ecules.     

(Glycylglycinato‐κ3O,N,N′)(2‐methyl‐1H‐benzimidazole‐κN3)copper(II) trihydrate

In the title compound, [Cu(C₄H₆N₂O₃)(C₈H₈N₂)]·3H₂O, the Cu^II atom is coordinated in a square‐planar manner by one O atom and three N atoms from glycylglycinate and 2‐methyl­benzimidazole ligands. The ternary complexes assemble into one‐dimensional chains through C—H⋯π inter­actions and direct N—H⋯O hydrogen bonding, as well as into hydrogen‐bonded water helices with branches which also link the complex chains into a three‐dimensional supra­molecular structure.     

Two isomorphous ZnII/CoII complexes with tri‐tert‐butoxysilanethiol and histamine,and (4‐hydroxymethyl‐1H‐imidazole‐κN)bis(tri‐tert‐butoxysilanethiolato‐κ2O,S)zinc(II)

The complexes [2‐(1H‐imidazol‐4‐yl‐κN³)ethylamine‐κN]bis(tri‐tert‐butoxysilanethiolato‐κS)cobalt(II), [Co(C₁₂H₂₇O₃SSi)₂(C₅H₉N₃)], and [2‐(1H‐imidazol‐4‐yl‐κN³)ethylamine‐κN]bis(tri‐tert‐butoxysilanethiolato‐κS)zinc(II), [Zn(C₁₂H₂₇O₃SSi)₂(C₅H₉N₃)], are isomorphous. The central Zn^II/Co^II ions are surrounded by two S atoms from the tri‐tert‐butoxysilanethiolate ligand and by two N atoms from the chelating histamine ligand in a distorted tetrahedral geometry, with two intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen‐bonding interactions between the histamine NH₂ groups and tert‐butoxy O atoms. Molecules of the complexes are joined into dimers via two intermolecular bifurcated N—H...(S,O) hydrogen bonds. The Zn^II atom in [(1H‐imidazol‐4‐yl‐κN³)methanol]bis(tri‐tert‐butoxysilanethiolato‐κ²O,S)zinc(II), [Zn(C₁₂H₂₇O₃SSi)₂(C₄H₆N₂O)], is five‐coordinated by two O and two S atoms from the O,S‐chelating silanethiolate ligand and by one N atom from (1H‐imidazol‐4‐yl)methanol; the hydroxy group forms an intramolecular hydrogen bond with sulfur. Molecules of this complex pack as zigzag chains linked by N—H...O hydrogen bonds. These structures provide reference details for cysteine‐ and histidine‐ligated metal centers in proteins.     

Tetra­kis(μ2‐1,8‐naphthyridine)‐1:2κ4N:N′;3:4κ4N:N′‐bis­(μ2‐salicylato)‐1:4κ2O:O′;2:3κ2O:O′‐tetrakis­(salicylic acid)‐1κO,2κO,3κO,4κO‐tetra­silver(I)(4 Ag—Ag)

The title complex, [Ag₄(C₇H₅O₃)₂(C₈H₆N₂)₄(C₇H₆O₃)₄], lies about an inversion centre and has a unique tetra­nuclear structure consisting of four Ag^I atoms bridged by four N atoms from two 1,8‐naphthyridine (napy) ligands to form an N:N′‐bridge and four O atoms from two salicylate (SA) ligands to form an O:O′‐bridge. The Ag atoms have distorted octa­hedral coordination geometry. The centrosymmetric Ag₄ ring has Ag—Ag separations of 2.772 (2) and 3.127 (2) Å, and Ag—Ag—Ag angles of 107.70 (4) and 72.30 (4)°. All SA hydroxy groups take part in intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding. In the crystal packing, the napy rings are oriented parallel and overlap one another. These π–π inter­actions, together with weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O contacts, stabilize the crystal structure.     

(2,2′‐Bipyridyl‐κ2N,N′)­bis­(salicyl­ato‐κ2O,O′)­zinc(II)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Zn(C₇H₅O₃)₂(C₁₀H₈N₂)], contains one monomeric zinc complex. The Zn atom is coordinated to one 2,2′‐bipyridyl ligand via both N atoms and to two salicyl­ate anions (Hsal⁻) in a bidentate chelating manner involving carboxyl­ate O‐atom coordination. The complex exhibits a distorted octahedral geometry about the Zn^II atom, with the `apical' positions occupied by one of the two N atoms of the bipyridyl ligand and an O atom from one Hsal<sup>−</sup> ligand; the Zn atom is 0.168 (1) Å out of the `basal' plane. Two intramolecular six‐membered hydrogen‐bonded rings are present, generated from interactions between the carboxyl and hydroxyl groups of the salicyl­ate ligands. The crystal packing is governed by weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π interactions.     

Two two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded coordination networks: bis(3‐carboxybenzoato‐κO)bis(4‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole‐κN3)copper(II) and bis(3‐methylbenzoato‐κN)bis(4‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole‐κN3)copper(II) monohydrate

The title two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded coordination compounds, [Cu(C₈H₅O₄)₂(C₄H₆N₂)₂], (I), and [Cu(C₈H₇O₂)₂(C₄H₆N₂)₂]·H₂O, (II), have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The molecule of complex (I) lies across an inversion centre, and the Cu²⁺ ion is coordinated by two N atoms from two 4‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole (4‐MeIM) molecules and two O atoms from two 3‐carboxybenzoate (HBDC⁻) anions in a square‐planar geometry. Adjacent molecules are linked through intermolecular N—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen bonds into a two‐dimensional sheet with (4,4) topology. In the asymmetric part of the unit cell of (II) there are two symmetry‐independent molecules, in which each Cu²⁺ ion is also coordinated by two N atoms from two 4‐MeIM molecules and two O atoms from two 3‐methylbenzoate (3‐MeBC⁻) anions in a square‐planar coordination. Two neutral complex molecules are held together via N—H...O(carboxylate) hydrogen bonds to generate a dimeric pair, which is further linked via discrete water molecules into a two‐dimensional network with the Schläfli symbol (4³)₂(4⁶,6⁶,8³). In both compounds, as well as the strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds, π–π interactions also stabilize the crystal stacking.     

mer‐Di­aqua­bis(1H‐imidazole‐κN3)(orotato‐κ2N3,O4)­nickel(II)

The title mononuclear complex, [Ni(C₅H₂N₂O₄)(C₃H₄N₂)₂(H₂O)₂] or [Ni(HOr)(im)₂(H₂O)₂] (im is imidazole and H₃Or is orotic acid, or 2,6‐dioxo‐1,2,3,6‐tetra­hydro­pyrimidine‐4‐carboxylic acid), has been synthesized and the crystal structure determination is reported. The Ni^II ion in the complex has a distorted octahedral coordination geometry comprised of one deprotonated pyrimidine N atom and the adjacent carboxyl­ate O atom of the orotate ligand, two tertiary imidazole N atoms and two aqua ligands. An extensive three‐dimensional network of OW—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and π–π and π–ring interactions are responsible for crystal stabilization.     

μ‐Acetato‐1:2κ2O:O′‐diacetato‐1κ2O,O′;2κO‐bis(di‐2‐pyridylamine)‐1κ2N,N′;2κ2N,N′‐isothiocyanato‐2κN‐dicopper(II)

In the title dinuclear acetate‐bridged complex, [Cu₂(C₂H₃O₂)₃(NCS)(C₁₀H₉N₃)₂], the two Cu atoms are five‐coordinated, with a basal plane consisting of two N atoms of a di‐2‐pyridylamine (dpyam) ligand and two O atoms of two different acetate ligands. The axial positions of these Cu atoms are coordinated to N and O atoms from thio­cyanate and acetate mol­ecules, respectively, leading to a distorted square‐pyramidal geometry with τ values of 0.30 and 0.22. Both Cu^II ions are linked by an acetate group in the equatorial–equatorial positions and have syn–anti bridging configurations. Hydrogen‐bond inter­actions between the amine H atom and the coordinated and uncoordinated O atoms of the acetate anions generate an infinite one‐dimensional chain.     

Bis(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)(squarato‐κO)copper(II) trihydrate

The title mononuclear [Cu(sq)(phen)₂]·3H₂O complex [sq is squarate (C₄O₄) and phen is 1,10‐phenanthroline (C₁₂H₈N₂)] has been synthesized and the structure consists of a neutral mononuclear [Cu(sq)(phen)₂] unit and three solvate water mol­ecules. The Cu^II ion has distorted square‐pyramidal coordination geometry, comprised of one carboxyl­ate O atom from a monodentate squarate ligand and four N atoms from two chelating phen ligands. An extensive three‐dimensional network of OW—H⋯O/OW hydrogen bonds, face‐to‐face π–­π interactions between the 1,10‐phenanthroline aromatic rings and a weak π–ring interaction are responsible for crystal stabilization.     

Polymeric diaqua(μ2‐2,2′‐bipyrimidinyl‐κ4N1,N1′:N3,N3′)‐di‐μ3‐hydroxy‐bis(μ5‐benzene‐1,3,5‐tricarboxylato‐κ5O1:O2:O3:O3:O5)tetracobalt(II) dihydrate

The structure of the title compound, [Co₄(C₉H₃O₆)₂(OH)₂(C₈H₆N₄)(H₂O)₂]·2H₂O, contains three separate species, namely the μ₅‐bridging C₉H₃O₆^3? anion, the doubly chelating and therefore μ₂‐bridging C₈H₆N₄ ligand (bi­pyrimidine, BPM), and the dihydrated di­aqua­di­hydroxy tetranuclear cationic cluster, [Co₄(OH^?)₂(H₂O)₂]⁶⁺·2H₂O, which lies on a crystallographic centre of symmetry, as does the BPM ligand with, in this case, the centre of symmetry coincident with the midpoint of the C—C bond joining the six‐membered rings. Within the cation cluster, the Co atoms of one pair are five‐coordinate and those of the other six‐coordinate.     

Bis(μ‐5‐carboxybenzene‐1,3‐dicarboxylato‐κ2O1:O3)bis[(2,2′‐bi‐1H‐imidazole‐κ2N3,N3′)zinc]

The title compound, [Zn₂(C₉H₄O₆)₂(C₆H₆N₄)₂], consists of two Zn^II ions, two 5‐carboxybenzene‐1,3‐dicarboxylate (Hbtc²⁻) dianions and two 2,2′‐bi‐1H‐imidazole (bimz) molecules. The Zn^II centre is coordinated by two carboxylate O atoms from two Hbtc²⁻ ligands and by two imidazole N atoms of a bimz ligand, in a distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry. Two neighbouring Zn^II ions are bridged by a pair of Hbtc²⁻ ligands, forming a discrete binuclear [Zn₂(Hbtc)₂(bimz)₂] structure lying across an inversion centre. Hydrogen bonds between carboxyl H atoms and carboxylate O atoms and between imidazole H atoms and carboxylate O atoms link the binuclear units. These binuclear units are further extended into a three‐dimensional supramolecular structure through extensive O—H...O and N—H...O hydrogen bonds. Moreover, the three‐dimensional nature of the crystal packing is reinforced by the π–π stacking. The title compound exhibits photoluminescence in the solid state, with an emission maximum at 415 nm.     

Bis(μ‐3‐nitrobenzene‐1,2‐dicarboxyl­ato)‐κ8O1,O2:O2,O3;O3,O2:O2,O1‐bis­[triaqua­(2‐carboxy‐3‐nitro­benzoato‐κ2O,O′)lanthanum(III)] dihydrate

The title compound, [La₂(C₈H₃NO₆)₂(C₈H₄NO₆)₂(H₂O)₆]·2H₂O, consists of dimeric units related by an inversion center. The two La^III atoms are linked by two bridging bidentate carboxyl­ate groups and two monodentate carboxyl­ate groups. Each La^III atom is nine‐coordinated by six O atoms from five different carboxyl­ate groups and three from water mol­ecules. Hydrogen bonds between the water mol­ecules and between the solvent water and a carboxyl­ate O atom are observed in the structure. In the crystal packing, there are slipped π–π stacking inter­actions between the parallel benzene rings. Both hydrogen‐bonding and π–π inter­actions combine to stabilize the three‐dimensional supra­molecular network.     

Poly[di‐μ‐aqua‐μ‐1,2‐bis(pyridin‐4‐yl)ethene‐κ2N:N′‐tetrakis(4‐iodobenzoato‐κ2O,O′)dicadmium]

Colourless crystals of the title compound, [Cd₂(C₇H₄IO₂)₄(C₁₂H₁₀N₂)(H₂O)₂]_n, were obtained by the self‐assembly of Cd(NO₃)₂·4H₂O, 1,2‐bis(pyridin‐4‐yl)ethene (bpe) and 4‐iodobenzoic acid (4‐IBA). Each Cd^II atom is seven‐coordinated in a pentagonal–bipyramidal coordination environment by four carboxylate O atoms from two different 4‐IBA ligands, two O atoms from two water molecules and one N atom from a bpe ligand. The Cd^II centres are bridged by the aqua molecules and bpe ligands, which lie across centres of inversion, to give a two‐dimensional net. Topologically, taking the Cd^II atoms as nodes and the μ‐aqua and μ‐bpe ligands as linkers, the two‐dimensional structure can be simplified as a (6,3) network.     

A novel dinuclear bismuth(III) coordination compound: bis(μ‐pyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxylato)‐κ4O2,N,O6:O6′;κ4O2:O2′,N,O6‐bis[(azido‐κN)(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)bismuth(III)] tetrahydrate

A novel dinuclear bismuth(III) coordination compound, [Bi₂(C₇H₃NO₄)₂(N₃)₂(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂]·4H₂O, has been synthesized by an ionothermal method and characterized by elemental analysis, energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy, IR, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. The molecular structure consists of one centrosymmetric dinuclear neutral fragment and four water molecules. Within the dinuclear fragment, each Bi^III centre is seven‐coordinated by three O atoms and four N atoms. The coordination geometry of each Bi^III atom is distorted pentagonal–bipyramidal (BiO₃N₄), with one azide N atom and one bridging carboxylate O atom located in axial positions. The carboxylate O atoms and water molecules are assembled via O—H...O hydrogen bonds, resulting in the formation of a three‐dimensional supramolecular structure. Two types of π–π stacking interactions are found, with centroid‐to‐centroid distances of 3.461 (4) and 3.641 (4) Å.