Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel Binuclear Copper（Ⅱ） Complex, [Cu（paba）Cl]

A novel binuclear Cu（Ⅱ） complex [Cu（paba）Cl] （pabaH = 2-（2-pyridylmethylimine）benzenesulfonic acid） has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal of the title complex crystallizes in a monoclinic system, space group P21/n, with a = 6.8165（7）, b = 15.3073（16）, c = 12.3795（13） A^°, β= 95.0160（10）°, V= 1286.8（2） A^°^3, Mr = 360.26, Dc= 1.860 g/cm^3,μ = 2.074 mm^-1, F（000） = 724, Z = 4, the final R = 0.0252 and wR = 0.0675 for 2395 observed reflections with I 〉 20（I）. The title complex is centrosymmetric and a pair of chlorides act as μ2-bridges to link two Cu（Ⅱ） ions forming a binuclear complex. Every Cu（Ⅱ） ion is five-coordinated by pyridyl N, imine N and sulfonate O atoms of the tridentate paba ligand as well as two bridging Cl^-, constructing the distorted square-pyramidal geometry. In the structure extensive hydrogen bonds and weak π-π stacking stabilize the solid structures, through which the complex builds its 3-dimensional supramolecular structure.