Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [Ni(C_5H_2N_2O_4)(2,2'bipy)(H_2O)_2]·H_2O

1 INTRODUCTION Orotic acid (H3dtpc), an important pyrimidine derivative as the effective precursor in the biosynthesis of pyrimidine base of nucleic acids in living organisms, plays a unique role in bioinorganic and pharmaceutical. Aside from the biological interest, orotic acid is also interesting in coordination chemistry. Its ketonic and enolic tautomers along with asymmetric geometry make it to be a very good versatile polydentate ligand1~5]. The incorporation of metals into supram…

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [Ni(C_5H_2N_2O_4)(2,2'bipy)(H_2O)_2]·H_2O

The crystal structure of Ni(C5H2N2O4)(2, 2?bipy)(H2O)2]?H2O 1 has been determined by X-ray diffraction. Crystal data: triclinic system, space group P with a = 7.9424(3), b = 9.9417(3), c = 12.1867(3) ? a = 84.771(1), b = 77.375(2), g = 68.993(2)? C15H18N4O8Ni, Mr = 440.7, V = 876.16(5) 3, Z = 2, Dc = 1.672 g/cm3, F(000) = 456, m(MoKa) = 1.162 mm-1, the final R = 0.0464 and wR = 0.1055 for 3026 observed reflections with I > 2s(I). In the title compound, the nickel ion is coordinated by a nitrogen atom and an oxygen atom from the orotate ligand, two nitrogen atoms from 2, 2?bipy and two oxygen atoms from the coordinated water molecules in a distorted octahedral geometry. The presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonding and p-p stacking interaction of aromatic rings from 2, 2?bipy results in a 3D structure.