SPECTRAL AND MAGNETIC STUDY OF COPPER(II) MEFANAMATES: CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF BIS(MEFANAMATO)DI(N,N-DIETHYLNICOTINAMIDE)DI(AQUA)COPPER(II)

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of Cu(II) mefanamate (mef) compounds of composition Cu(mef)₂L (L = water, caffeine, or methyl-3-pyridylcarbamate) and Cu(mef)₂L₂ (L = 3-pyridylcarbinol, nicotinamide, N,N-diethylnicotinamide, 2,6-dimethanol pyridine or nicotine) is reported. Characterizations of the compounds were based on elemental analyses, electronic, infrared and EPR spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements over a temperature range (80–290 K). The spectral and magnetic properties of Cu(mef)₂L indicate the presence of Cu(II) dimers structurally similar to that of Cu(II) acetate monohydrate. All the Cu(mef)₂L₂ compounds possess octahedral stereochemistry about Cu(II) with differing tetragonal distortion.

An X-ray analysis of Cu(mef)₂(Et₂nia)₂(H₂O)₂was carried out, and it featured tetragonal bipyramidal geometry around the Cu(II) atom. The tetragonal plane is created by mefanamate anions bonded to the Cu(II) atom via the unidentate carboxylate oxygen atoms [Cu-0(2) = 1.936(3)Å] and the pyridine ring nitrogen atoms of the neutral ligand N, N-diethylnicotinamide [Cu-N(l) = 2.027(3)Å] in frans-positions. Axial water molecules [Cu-O(4) = 2.557(3)Å] complete the coordination sphere.