Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Phenolato-Bridged Dinuclear Copper(II) Complex with (2-Hydroxybenzyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine

Abstract  

The tridentate Schiff base phenol-containing ligand (2-hydroxybenzyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (Hbpa) reacts with copper(II) perchlorate to give the phenolato-bridged dinuclear complex [Cu(bpa)(H₂O)]₂·2ClO₄ (1). Each copper(II) ion exhibits a distorted square-pyramidal environment, being coordinated by two nitrogen atoms and two phenolato oxygen atoms of the two deprotonated bpa ligands, and one oxygen atom of the water molecule. It crystallizes in the triclinic system P-1 with a = 7.8790(6), b = 8.9345(7), c = 12.0207(9) ?, α = 69.158(1), β = 85.307(1), γ = 76.629(1)°, V = 769.39(10) ?³, Z = 1. Cyclic voltammetry of 1 gives two oxidation and two reduced processes.