Two 2,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazo­le–metal complexes (M = Cu and Ni)

The reaction of the diazine ligand 3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazole (pod, C₁₂H₈N₄O), with Cu(CF₃SO₃)₂ or Ni(ClO₄)₂ afforded the title complexes di­aqua­bis­[3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazole‐N²,N³]copper(II) bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sul­fon­ate), [Cu(pod)₂(H₂O)₂](CF₃SO₃)₂, and di­aqua­bis­[3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazo­le‐N²,N³]­nickel(II) diperchlorate, [Ni(pod)₂(H₂O)₂](ClO₄)₂. Both complexes present a crystallographically centrosymmetric mononuclear cation structure which consists of a six‐coordinated Cu^II or Ni^II ion with two pod mol­ecules acting as bidentate ligands and two axially coordinated water mol­ecules.     

9(R)‐[6(R)‐Hydroxy­methyl‐1‐oxa‐4‐thia­cyclo­hexan‐2‐yl]hypoxanthine–water (4/3), a nucleoside analogue

The title compound, 9(R)‐[6(R)‐hydroxy­methyl‐1‐oxa‐4‐thia­cyclo­hexan‐2‐yl]‐1,9‐di­hydro‐6H‐purin‐6‐one–water (4/3), C₁₀H₁₂N₄O₃S·0.75H₂O, crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 with four mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit and 0.75 waters of hydration per mol­ecule. The structure was refined to an R value of 0.072 for 3382 observed reflections. The four crystallographically independent mol­ecules are designated A, B, C and D. All four oxa­thia­ne rings adopt the chair conformation and the purine bases are in an anti orientation with respect to the sugar moieties. Molecules A and D and mol­ecules C and B are base paired by a single hydrogen bond of the type N—H?N. These base pairs are again hydrogen bonded to their translated pairs in the direction of a cell diagonal.     

Two novel bis­(2,9‐dimeth­yl‐1,10‐phenanthroline)copper(I) complexes: [Cu(dmp)2]2(PF6)2·0.5(bpmh)·CH3CN and [Cu(dmp)2][N(CN)2]

Two new salts of the cation [Cu^I(dmp)₂]⁺ (dmp is 2,9‐dimeth­yl‐1,10‐phenanthroline, C₁₄H₁₂N₂), namely bis­[bis­(2,9‐dimeth­yl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)copper(I)] bis­(hexa­fluorophos­phate) hemi[bis­(4‐pyridylmethyl­idene)hydrazine] acetonitrile solvate, [Cu(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)₂]₂(PF₆)₂·0.5C₁₂H₁₀N₄·C₂H₃N or [Cu(dmp)₂]₂(PF₆)₂·0.5(bpmh)·CH₃CN [bpmh is bis­(4‐pyridylmethyl­idene)hydrazine, C₁₂H₁₀N₄], (I), and bis­(2,9‐dimeth­yl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)copper(I) dicyanamide, [Cu(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)₂](C₂N₃) or [Cu(dmp)₂][N(CN)₂], (II), are reported. The Cu—N bond lengths and the distortion from idealized tetra­hedral geometry of the dmp ligands are discussed and compared with related compounds. The bpmh molecule in (I) is π–π stacked with a dmp ligand at a distance of 3.4 Å, rather than coordinated to the metal atom. The molecule lies across an inversion center in the crystal. In (II), the normally coordinated dicyanamide mol­ecule is present as an uncoordinated counter‐ion.     

The effects of substitution on tetrakis­(substituted imidazole)­copper(II) tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonates

The organic ligands 4‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole and 2‐ethyl‐4‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole react with Cu(CF₃SO₃)₂·6H₂O to give tetrakis(5‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole‐κN³)­cop­per(II) bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate), [Cu(C₄H₆N₂)₄](CF₃SO₃)₂, and aqua­tetrakis(2‐ethyl‐5‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole‐κN³)copper(II) bis(tri­ fluoro­methane­sulfonate), [Cu(C₆H₁₀N₂)₄(H₂O)](CF₃SO₃)₂. In the former, the Cu atom has an elongated octahedral coordination environment, with four imidazole rings in equatorial positions and two tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate ions in axial positions. This conformation is similar to those in the analogous complexes tetrakis­(imidazole)­cop­per(II) tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate and tetrakis(2‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole)­cop­per(II) tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate. In the second of the title compounds, the ethyl groups block the central Cu atom, and a square‐pyramidal coordination environment is formed around the Cu atom, with the substituted imidazole rings in the basal positions and a water mol­ecule in the axial position.     

Bis(6‐thioxo‐1,6‐dihydro­purinium) tetra­chloro­zincate(II)

The title salt, (C₅H₅N₄S)₂[ZnCl₄], consists of two 6‐thioxo‐1,6‐dihydro­purinium (6mpH₂⁺) cations (A and B) and a tetra­chloro­zincate anion, which are held together by N—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯Cl inter­actions. There is an anion–π inter­action between one Cl atom of the [ZnCl₄]⁻ anion and the pyrimidine ring of the 6mpH₂⁺(B) cation. Inter­molecular π–π stacking inter­actions allow 6mpH₂⁺(A) cations to form anti­parallel pairs. One inter­esting structural feature is the double N—H⋯N inter­molecular hydrogen bonds between two 6mpH₂⁺(A) cations. This kind of inter­action, mimicking that of natural nucleobases, can be very valuable in designing new therapeutic purine derivatives.     

Bis(2,9‐dimethyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)copper(I) hydrogen squarate hemihydrate

In the crystal structure of the synthetically prepared title compound, [Cu(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)₂](C₄HO₄)·0.5H₂O or [Cu(dmphen)₂](HSq)·0.5H₂O (dmphen is 2,9‐dimethyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline or neocuproine and HSq is hydrogen squarate), the Cu^I centre has distorted tetra­hedral coordination geometry comprised of four N atoms from two bidentate dmphen ligands. The squarate monoanions form a ten‐membered dimer, graph set R₂²(10), linked by two strong inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. These squarate dimers are linked into chains that propagate along the [100] direction. An extensive three‐dimensional network of C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π–π inter­actions is responsible for stabilization of the crystal structure.     

Concerted coordination and hydrogen‐bonding network of the 1,4‐di‐4‐pyrid­yl‐2,3‐diaza‐1,3‐butadiene [Zn(MeOH)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2 3:1 complex

In the title compound, diaqua­bis(1,4‐di‐4‐pyrid­yl‐2,3‐diaza‐1,3‐butadiene)dimethanolzinc(II) bis­(perchlorate) 1,4‐di‐4‐pyrid­yl‐2,3‐diaza‐1,3‐butadiene methanol 1.72‐solvate 1.28‐hydrate, [Zn(C₁₂H₁₀N₄)₂(CH₄O)₂(H₂O)₂](ClO₄)₂·C₁₂H₁₀N₄·1.72CH₄O·1.28H₂O, determined at ca 110 K, the Zn cation and the extended dipyridyl ligand both lie across inversion centres in space group P. The structure consists of a network arrangement of the constituent species stabilized by a combination of coordination, hydrogen bonding and π–π forces. Uncoordinated methanol and water solvent mol­ecules occupy the otherwise void spaces within and between the networks.     

Tetrakis­(pyridinium‐2‐thiol­ato)­zinc(II) dinitrate

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Zn(C₅H₅NS)₄](NO₃)₂, consists of a [Zn(C₅H₅NS)₄]²⁺ (C₅H₅NS is pyridinium‐2‐thiol­ate) cation and two nitrate anions. The central Zn^II atom lies at a site with imposed symmetry and is surrounded by four S atoms [Zn—S = 2.3371 (5) Å] from four symmetrical pyridinium‐2‐thiol­ate ligands in a distorted tetrahedral geometry. There are N—H⋯O hydrogen‐bonding interactions between the pyridinium‐2‐thiol­ate ligands and nitrate O atoms. In addition, π–π interactions via aromatic N‐containing ligands are discussed.     

Tris(2,2′‐bioxazoline‐κ2N,N′)copper(II) diperchlorate and tris(2,2′‐bioxazoline‐κ2N,N′)­nickel(II) diperchlorate

In the two isomorphous title compounds, viz. tris­[2,2′‐bi(4,5‐di­hydro‐1,3‐oxazole)‐κ²N,N′]copper(II) diperchlorate, [Cu(C₆H₈N₂O₂)₃](ClO₄)₂, (I), and tris­[2,2′‐bi(4,5‐di­hydro‐1,3‐oxazole)‐κ²N,N′]­nickel(II) diperchlorate, [Ni(C₆H₈N₂O₂)₃](ClO₄)₂, (II), the M^II ions each have a distorted octahedral coordination geometry formed via six N atoms from three 2,2′‐bioxazoline ligands. For each ligand, the two five‐membered rings are nearly coplanar. It is noteworthy that the Jahn–Teller effect is stronger in (I) than in (II). The three‐dimensional supramolecular structures of (I) and (II) are formed via weak hydrogen‐bonding interactions between O atoms from per­chlorate anions and H atoms from 2,2′‐bioxazoline ligands.     

4‐Methyl‐N‐[2‐(p‐tolylsulfanyl)phenyl]benzene­sulfonamide

The title compound, C₂₀H₁₉NO₂S₂, is formed by a palladium–copper‐catalyzed reaction between 4‐methyl‐N‐[2‐(prop‐2‐ynyl­sul­fanyl)­phenyl]­benzene­sul­fon­amide and p‐iodo­toluene. The mol­ecules contain three essentially planar parts, namely an amino­thio­phenol moiety (A), a toluene­sulfone moiety excluding the oxo ligands (B) and a tolyl group (C), approximately orthogonal to each other; the dihedral angles A/B, A/C and B/C are 111.6 (1), 89.3 (1) and 101.4 (1)°, respectively. Intermolecular N—H?O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into infinite one‐dimensional chains.     

A cyclic tetramer of [Ag(1,4,7‐trithiacyclononane)]+, cyclo‐tetrakis(μ‐1,4,7‐trithiacyclononane‐κ3S1,S4,S7:κS1)tetrasilver(I) tetrakis(trifluoromethanesulfonate) nitromethane disolvate

(1,4,7‐Tri­thia­cyclo­nonane)silver tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate crystallizes in a tetrameric form from nitro­methane, to give the title compound, [Ag₄(C₆H₁₂S₃)₄](CF₃SO₃)₄·2CH₃NO₂. The complex cation consists of four [AgL]⁺ units (L is 1,4,7‐tri­thia­cyclo­nonane), with four Ag—S—Ag bridges forming a cyclic tetramer. The almost planar Ag₄S₄ ring takes an octagonal form.     

[{Cu(phen)2}(μ‐malato){Cu(phen)(NO3)}](NO3)·4H2O: malate acting as a tetra­dentate and dibridging ligand in a dinuclear copper complex

The crystal structure of the title compound, μ‐2‐hydroxy­butane­dioato‐1κ²O⁴,O^4′:2κ³O¹,O²,O⁴‐nitrato‐2κO‐tris­(1,10‐phen­anthroline)‐1κ⁴N,N′;2κ²N,N′‐dicopper(II) nitrate tetra­hydrate, [Cu₂(C₄H₃O₅)(NO₃)(C₁₂H₈N₂)₃](NO₃)·4H₂O, contains an unsymmetrical dinuclear copper complex with Cu(phen)₂ and Cu(phen)(NO₃) moieties (phen is 1,10‐phenanthroline) bridged by a malate (2‐hydroxy­butane­dioate) ligand, which acts as a double‐bridging and tetra­dentate ligand. As a result of this double‐bridging action, especially the direct coordination of the O atom of one carboxyl­ate group of malate to the two Cu atoms, the Cu⋯Cu distance is only 4.199 (1) Å and the two phen planes are roughly parallel [the shortest inter­planar distance is 3.28 (1) Å], exhibiting an obvious intra­molecular π–π stacking inter­action.     

[Cu(phen)2(μ‐IDA)Cu(phen)](ClO4)2·CH3OH: tridentate and monodentate binding to two copper(II) species by a bridging ligand

The stoichiometric reaction of 1,10‐phenanthroline (phen), imino­di­acetic acid (IDA‐H₂) and Cu(ClO₄)₂ in a H₂O–CH₃OH (2:1) solution yields μ‐imino­diacetato‐2:1κ⁴O,N,O′:O′′‐tris(1,10‐phenanthroline)‐1κ⁴N,N′;2κ²N,N′‐dicopper(II) diperchlorate methanol solvate, [Cu₂(C₄H₅NO₄)(C₁₂H₈N₂)₃](ClO₄)₂·CH₃OH. The IDA ligand bridges the two Cu^II ions via a carboxyl­ate group and uses one further N and an O atom of the second carboxylate group to complete a fac‐tridentate coordination at one Cu centre. A phen ligand completes a distorted square‐pyramidal coordination at this metal atom, although there is weak coordination by a perchlorate O atom at a sixth position. The second Cu centre has a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal coordination to two phen moieties and a carboxyl­ate O atom.     

catena‐Poly­[[trans‐bis­(ethane‐1,2‐di­amine‐κ2N,N′)copper(II)]‐μ‐di­thion­ato‐κ2O:O′] and trans‐di­aqua­bis­(propane‐1,3‐di­amine‐κ2N,N′)copper(II) di­thionate

In title an­hydro­us catena‐poly­[[trans‐bis­(ethane‐1,2‐di­amine‐κ²N,N′)copper(II)]‐μ‐di­thionato‐κ²O:O′], [Cu(S₂O₆)(C₂H₈N₂)₂]_n or [{H₂N(CH₂)₂NH₂}₂Cu(O·O₂SSO₂·O)]_∞, successive Cu atoms are bridged by a single doubly charged di­thionate group, forming a one‐dimensional polymer with inversion centres at the metal atoms and the mid‐point of the S—S bond [Cu—O = 2.5744 (15) Å]. In title (hydrated) trans‐di­aqua­bis­(propane‐1,3‐di­amine‐κ²N,N′)copper(II) di­thionate, [Cu(C₃H₁₀N₂)₂(H₂O)₂](S₂O₆) or [{H₂N(CH₂)₃NH₂}₂Cu(OH₂)₂](S₂O₆), both ions have imposed 2/m symmetry. The `axial' anion components are displaced by a pair of water ligands [Cu—O = 2.439 (3) Å], the shorter Cu—O distance being compensated by the lengthened Cu—N distance [2.0443 (18), cf. 2.0100 (13) and 2.0122 (16) Å].     

A mixed‐valence manganese(III)–manganese(IV) di‐μ‐oxo complex, [(cyclam)MnO]2(ClO4)2(NO3)

The title dinuclear di‐μ‐oxo‐bis­[(1,4,8,11‐tetra­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane‐κ⁴N)­manganese(III,IV)] diperchlorate nitrate complex, [Mn₂O₂(C₁₀H₂₄N₄)₂](ClO₄)₂(NO₃) or [(cyclam)Mn­O]₂(ClO₄)₂(NO₃), was self‐assembled by the reaction of Mn²⁺ with 1,4,8,11‐tetra­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane in aqueous media. The structure of this compound consists of a centrosymmetric binuclear [(cyclam)MnO]³⁺ unit, two perchlorate anions and one nitrate anion. While the low‐temperature electron paramagnetic resonance spectra show a typical 16‐line signal for a di‐μ‐oxo Mn^III/Mn^IV dimer, the magnetic susceptibility studies also confirm a characteristic antiferromagnetic coupling between the electronic spins of the Mn^IV and Mn^III ions.     

Bis[bis­(3‐phenyl­pyrazol‐1‐yl)­(pyrazol‐1‐yl)­methane]­copper(II) bis­(per­chlor­ate) acetonitrile disolvate

The title copper(II) complex, [Cu(C₂₂H₁₈N₆)₂](ClO₄)₂·2C₂H₃N, comprises two neutral substituted tris­(pyrazol‐1‐yl)­methane ligands bonded to a central Cu^II ion, which is positioned on a crystallographic inversion center. Six Cu—N bonds are arranged in a distorted octa­hedral fashion. The unsubstituted pyrazole rings on each ligand are oriented trans with respect to each other, inter­digitated with the two 3‐phenyl­pyrazole rings of the other ligand.     

5‐n‐Butylpyridine‐2‐carboxylate–copper(II) and –iron(III) complexes

In trans‐bis(5‐n‐butyl­pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­bis­(methanol‐κO)copper(II), [Cu(C₁₀H₁₂NO₂)₂(CH₄O)₂], the Cu atom lies on a centre of symmetry and has a distorted octahedral coordination. The Cu—O(methanol) bond length in the axial direction is 2.596 (3) Å, which is much longer than the Cu—­O(carboxylate) and Cu—N distances in the equatorial plane [1.952 (2) and 1.977 (2) Å, respectively]. In mer‐tris(5‐n‐bu­tyl­pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­iron(III), [Fe(C₁₀H₁₂NO₂)₃], the Fe atom also has a distorted octahedral geometry, with Fe—O and Fe—N bond‐length ranges of 1.949 (4)–1.970 (4) and 2.116 (5)–2.161 (5) Å, respectively. Both crystals are stabilized by stacking interactions of the 5‐n‐butyl­pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ate ligand, although hydrogen bonds also contribute to the stabilization of the copper(II) complex.     

Silver(I) complexes of 2‐(2‐amino­eth­yl)pyridine: nitrate and perchlorate salts of bis­[μ‐2‐(2‐amino­eth­yl)pyridine‐κ2N:N′]disilver(I)

2‐(2‐Amino­eth­yl)pyridine (2‐aep, C₇H₁₀N₂) acts as a bridging ligand in bis­[μ‐2‐(2‐amino­eth­yl)pyridine‐κ²N:N′]disilver(I) dinitrate, [Ag₂(2‐aep)₂](NO₃)₂, and bis­[μ‐2‐(2‐amino­eth­yl)­pyridine‐κ²N:N′]disilver(I) diperchlorate, [Ag₂(2‐aep)₂](ClO₄)₂. Both salts contain the dinuclear [Ag₂(2‐aep)₂]²⁺ cation, which possesses a crystallographic inversion center. The Ag⋯Ag distance is 3.1163 (5) Å for the nitrate and 3.0923 (3) Å for the perchlorate salt, and may indicate a weak d¹⁰–d¹⁰ inter­action in each case. Essentially linear coordination of the Ag^I atom is perturbed by weak coordination to the anionic O atoms. These latter inter­actions organize the dinuclear cations into one‐dimensional polymeric chains in the crystals of the two salts.     

μ‐{N,N′‐Bis[2‐(dimethyl­amino)ethyl]oxamidato(2–)}‐1κ2O,O′:2κ4N,N′,N′′,N′′′‐bis­(4,4′‐dimethyl‐2,2′‐bipyridine‐1κ2N,N′)dinickel(II) bis­(perchlorate)

In the crystal structure of the title complex, [Ni₂(C₁₀H₂₀N₄O₂)(C₁₂H₁₂N₂)₂](ClO₄)₂ or [Ni(dmaeoxd)Ni(dmbp)₂](ClO₄)₂ {H₂dmaeoxd is N,N′‐bis­[2‐(dimethyl­amino)ethyl]oxamide and dmbp is 4,4′‐dimethyl‐2,2′‐bipyridine}, the deprotonated dmaeoxd²⁻ ligand is in a cis conformation and bridges two Ni^II atoms, one of which is located in a slightly distorted square‐planar environment, while the other is in an irregular octa­hedral environment. The cation is located on a twofold symmetry axis running through both Ni atoms. The dmaeoxd²⁻ ligands inter­act with each other via C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π–π inter­actions, which results in an extended chain along the c axis.     

Bis­[bis(N,N‐diethyl‐1,1‐di­seleno­car­bam­ato)copper(II)], [Cu(Se2CNEt2)2]2

The title centrosymmetric Cu^II binuclear complex, bis(μ‐N,N‐diethyl‐1,1‐di­seleno­carbamato‐Se,Se′:Se)­bis­[(N,N‐diethyl‐1,1‐di­seleno­carbamato‐Se,Se′)copper(II)], [Cu(Se₂CNEt₂)₂]₂ or [Cu₂(C₅H₁₀NSe₂)₄], is built from two symmetry‐related [Cu{Se₂CN(Et)₂}₂] units by pairs of Cu—Se bonds. The coordination geometry at the unique Cu atom is distorted square pyramidal, with Cu—Se distances in the range 2.4091 (11)—2.9095 (10) Å.