Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of a One—Dimen—sional Copper（Ⅰ） Halide Cluster with 1,10—Phenanthroline

The title compound Cu₂Cl₂phen (phen = 1,10‐phenanthroline, C₁₂H₈N₂) 1 was synthesized from CuCl₂·2H₂O, CuCl and phen by hydrothermal method and its structure was determined by single crystal X‐ray analysis. With phen, CuG forms one‐dimensional chains, which comprise two zigzag chains based on fused Cu‐X units and connected via covalent bonds. The compound contains two crystallographically unique monovalent copper ions, Cu(1) and Cu(2). The Cu(1) atom in the tetrahedral site, is coordinated to two bridging Cl^? and two N atoms in phen. The Cu(2) atom with a slightly distorted triangular planar geometry, is coordinated to three Cl^?. The compound 1 was crystallized in monoclinic, space group P2₁/n with a = 0.37338(4), b = 1.9510(2), c = 1.68008(19) nm, β = 95.605 (3)°, R = 0.0458, and was characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectrum and TGA analysis.