μ‐Acetato‐1:2κ2O:O′‐diacetato‐1κ2O,O′;2κO‐bis(di‐2‐pyridylamine)‐1κ2N,N′;2κ2N,N′‐isothiocyanato‐2κN‐dicopper(II)

In the title dinuclear acetate‐bridged complex, [Cu₂(C₂H₃O₂)₃(NCS)(C₁₀H₉N₃)₂], the two Cu atoms are five‐coordinated, with a basal plane consisting of two N atoms of a di‐2‐pyridylamine (dpyam) ligand and two O atoms of two different acetate ligands. The axial positions of these Cu atoms are coordinated to N and O atoms from thio­cyanate and acetate mol­ecules, respectively, leading to a distorted square‐pyramidal geometry with τ values of 0.30 and 0.22. Both Cu^II ions are linked by an acetate group in the equatorial–equatorial positions and have syn–anti bridging configurations. Hydrogen‐bond inter­actions between the amine H atom and the coordinated and uncoordinated O atoms of the acetate anions generate an infinite one‐dimensional chain.     

{μ‐N,N′‐Bis[3‐(dimethyl­amino)prop­yl]­oxamidato(2–)‐κ6N,N′,O′:N′′,N′′′,O}­bis­[(1H‐imidazole‐κN3)(methanol‐κO)copper(II)] bis­(perchlorate)

The structure of the title compound, [Cu₂(C₁₂H₂₄N₄O₂)(C₃H₄N₂)₂(CH₄O)₂](ClO₄)₂ or [Cu₂(dmoxpn)(HIm)₂(CH₃OH)₂](ClO₄)₂, where dmoxpn is the dianion of N,N′‐bis­[3‐(dimethyl­amino)prop­yl]oxamide and HIm is imidazole, consists of a centrosymmetric trans‐oxamidate‐bridged copper(II) binuclear cation, having an inversion centre at the mid‐point of the central C—C bond, and two perchlorate anions. The Cu^II atom has square‐pyramidal coordination geometry involving two N atoms and an O atom from the dmoxpn ligand, an N atom from an imidazole ring, and an O atom from a methanol mol­ecule. The crystal structure is stabilized by O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and imidazole π–π stacking inter­actions to form a three‐dimensional supra­molecular array.     

catena‐Poly[[[diaqua­bis(pyridine‐4‐carboxamide‐κN)copper(II)]‐μ2‐squarato‐κO1:O3] dihydrate]

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, {[Cu(C₄O₄)(C₆H₆N₂O)₂(H₂O)₂]·2H₂O}_n, consists of one pyridine‐4‐carbox­amide (isonicotinamide or ina) ligand, one‐half of a squarate dianion, a coordinated aqua ligand and a solvent water mol­ecule. Both the Cu^II and the squarate ions are located on inversion centers. The Cu^II ions are octa­hedrally surrounded by four O atoms of two water mol­ecules and two squarate anions, and by two N atoms of the isonicotinamide ligands. The crystal structure contains chains of squarate‐1,3‐bridged Cu^II ions. These chains are held together by N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O inter­molecular hydrogen‐bond inter­actions, forming an extensive three‐dimensional network.     

catena‐Poly[[tetra­kis(μ‐propionato‐κ2O:O′)dicopper(II)]‐μ‐3‐pyridylmethanol‐κ2N:O‐[bis­(propionato‐κO)bis­(3‐pyridylmethanol‐κN)copper(II)]‐μ‐3‐pyridylmethanol‐κO:N]

The title compound, [Cu₃(C₃H₅O₂)₆(C₆H₇NO)₄]_n, is composed of polymeric chains formed by alternating centrosymmetric Cu₂(μ‐CH₃CH₂CO₂)₄ and Cu(C₃H₅O₂)₂(C₆H₇NO)₂ units. These elemental units are linked by two bridging 3‐pyridylmethanol (3PM) ligands. The Cu₂(μ‐CH₃CH₂CO₂)₄ group presents a centrosymmetric tetra­bridged structure with four syn–syn bridging propionate ligands to which two 3PM mol­ecules are bonded (through N), occupying the apical positions of each square‐pyramidal polyhedron around the Cu^II ions. The remaining mononuclear group is centred around a third Cu^II ion, which lies on a symmetry centre and is bound to two monodentate propionate groups (through O), two monodentate 3PM mol­ecules (through N) and two bridging 3PM mol­ecules (through O), thus completing a square‐bipyramidal CuO₂N₂O₂ coordination.     

Di­aqua­tetrakis­(pyridine‐2,6‐di­carbox­ylato‐κ2O2,O6)­tetrakis(μ‐pyridine‐3,5‐di­carboxyl­ic acid‐κ2N:O)tetracopper(II): a copper complex with tetrameric molecular units

Crystals of the title tetramer, [Cu₄(C₇H₃NO₄)₄(C₇H₅NO₄)₄(H₂O)₂], were synthesized hydro­thermally at 433 K. The triclinic structure consists of tetrameric molecular species, which interact via strong hydrogen bonds. The Cu^II ions are distributed equally between one square‐pyramidal site and one octahedral site distorted by the Jahn–Teller effect. This coordination complex exhibits the peculiarity of having Cu^II ions linked to both the 2,6‐ and the 3,5‐isomers of pyridine­di­carboxyl­ic acid.     

Pt2II and Pt2III dimers containing a Pt2(2,2′‐bipyridine)2(μ‐N,N‐dimethyl­guanidinato)2 unit

The syntheses and crystal structures of the title Pt₂^II and Pt₂^III dimers doubly bridged with N,N‐dimethyl­guanidinate ligands, namely bis­(μ‐N,N‐dimethyl­guanidinato)bis­[(2,2′‐bipyridine)platinum(II)](Pt—Pt) bis­(hexa­fluoro­phosphate) acetonitrile disolvate, [Pt₂^II(C₃H₈N₃)₂(C₁₀H₈N₂)₂](PF₆)₂·2CH₃CN, (I), and guanidinium bis­(μ‐N,N‐dimethyl­guanidinato)bis­[(2,2′‐bipyridine)sulfatoplatinum(III)](Pt—Pt) bis­(hexa­fluoro­phosphate) nitrate hexa­hydrate, (C₃H₁₀N₃)[Pt^III₂(C₃H₈N₃)₂(SO₄)₂(C₁₀H₈N₂)₂]NO₃·6H₂O, (II), are reported. The oxidation of the Pt₂^II dimer into the Pt₂^III dimer results in a marked shortening of the Pt—Pt distance from 2.8512 (6) to 2.5656 (4) Å. The change is mainly compensated for by the change in the dihedral angle between the two Pt coordination planes upon oxidation, from 21.9 (2) to 16.9 (3)°. We attribute the relatively strong one‐dimensional stack of dimers achieved in the Pt₂^II compound in part to the strong Pt^II⋯C(bpy) associations (bpy is 2,2′‐bipyridine) in the crystal structure [Pt⋯C = 3.416 (10) and 3.361 (12) Å].     

Di‐μ‐chloro‐1:2κ2Cl;3:4κ2Cl‐hexachloro‐1κ3Cl,4κ3Cl‐tetra‐μ‐dimethyl­glycine‐2:3κ8O:O′‐tetra­copper(II)

The title compound, [Cu₄Cl₈(C₄H₉NO₂)₄], crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group P2₁/c with a unit cell containing two tetra­nuclear copper(II) complexes sited on crystallographic inversion centres. The coordination geometry around the central Cu atoms is square pyramidal, with four O atoms in the basal plane and a Cl atom in the apical position. The lateral CuCl₄ groups are flattened tetra­hedral. The bridging dimethyl­glycine mol­ecules are present in the dipolar zwitterionic form. The tetra­nuclear copper complexes exist as isolated entities since only intra­molecular hydrogen bonds are found.     

catena‐Poly[[diaquabis(2‐chloronicotinato‐κ2O,O′)cadmium(II)]‐μ‐2‐chloronicotinato‐κ3O,O′:N]

In the title neutral coordination polymer, [Cd(C₆H₃ClNO₂)₂(H₂O)₂]_n, each Cd^II ion is coordinated by one N and four O atoms from three 2‐chloro­nicotinate ligands and by two aqua ligands, defining a distorted monocapped octahedral coordination geometry. Adjacent Cd atoms are linked by the pyridyl N atom and the bidentate carboxyl­ate functional group of a 2‐­chloro­nicotinate ligand, forming a one‐dimensional infinite chain along the b axis. The Cd⋯Cd distance is 8.112 (3) Å. These chains are linked by O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a three‐dimensional network structure.     

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.     

Di‐μ‐aqua‐bis­[(N‐salicyl­idene‐β‐alaninato‐κ3O,N,O′)copper(II)] urea disolvate

Crystals of the title compound, [Cu₂(C₁₀H₉NO₃)₂(H₂O)₂]·2CH₄N₂O, consist of two (N‐salicyl­idene‐β‐alaninato‐κ³O,N,O′)copper(II) coordination units bridged by two water moieties to form a dimer residing on a crystallographic inversion center, along with two uncoordinated urea mol­ecules. The Cu^II atom has square‐pyramidal coordination, with three donor atoms of the tridentate Schiff base and an O atom of the bridging aqua ligand in the basal plane. The axial position is occupied by the second bridging water ligand at a distance of 2.5941 (18) Å. Hydro­gen bonds between mol­ecules of urea and the neighboring dimer units lead to the formation of a two‐dimensional grid of mol­ecules parallel to [101]. The superposition of the normals of the pyramidal base planes in the direction [100] indicates possible π–π interactions between the neighboring units.     

Bis{μ‐[6‐(hydroxy­methyl)‐2‐pyridyl]­methano­lato‐κ3N,O:O}bis{[2,6‐bis­(hydroxy­methyl)­pyridine‐κ3O,N,O′]copper(II)} di­acetate

The title dinuclear Cu^II complex, [Cu₂(C₇H₈NO₂)₂(C₇H₉NO₂)₂](CH₃COO)₂, has been synthesized by the reaction of Cu(CH₃COO)₂·H₂O with pdmH₂ (pdmH₂ is pyridine‐2,6‐diyldi­methanol) in the presence of tetra­butyl­ammonium hydro­xide. The title complex contains a centrosymmetric Cu₂O₂ core and each Cu^II atom has distorted octahedral geometry. Molecular [Cu₂(pdmH)₂(pdmH₂)]²⁺ cations are connected by hydrogen bonds involving the CH₃COO⁻ anions, forming one‐dimensional chains along the a axis.     

Tetrakis(μ‐guanidino­acetic acid‐κ2O:O′)­bis­[(nitrato‐κO)copper(II)]

The title compound, [Cu₂(NO₃)₂(C₃H₇N₃O₂)₄], forms a centrosymmetric dimer, with the two Cu²⁺ ions separated by 2.6525 (6) Å. The asymmetric unit contains a Cu atom coordinated to two guanidino­acetic acid ligands (via one carboxyl­ate O atom from each ligand) and to a nitrate group. The inversion centre in P generates the entire mol­ecule, in which each Cu atom is coordinated to four carboxyl­ate and to one nitrate O atom; ignoring the Cu—Cu separation, the geometry about each Cu atom is square pyramidal. The amino acid ligand is in the zwitterionic form. Strong N—H?O hydrogen bonds lead to a three‐dimensional supramolecular structure, in which the N?O distances are in the range 2.931 (4)–3.278 (3) Å, with N—H?O angles ranging from 128 to 170°.     

Tetra­kis(μ2‐1,8‐naphthyridine)‐1:2κ4N:N′;3:4κ4N:N′‐bis­(μ2‐salicylato)‐1:4κ2O:O′;2:3κ2O:O′‐tetrakis­(salicylic acid)‐1κO,2κO,3κO,4κO‐tetra­silver(I)(4 Ag—Ag)

The title complex, [Ag₄(C₇H₅O₃)₂(C₈H₆N₂)₄(C₇H₆O₃)₄], lies about an inversion centre and has a unique tetra­nuclear structure consisting of four Ag^I atoms bridged by four N atoms from two 1,8‐naphthyridine (napy) ligands to form an N:N′‐bridge and four O atoms from two salicylate (SA) ligands to form an O:O′‐bridge. The Ag atoms have distorted octa­hedral coordination geometry. The centrosymmetric Ag₄ ring has Ag—Ag separations of 2.772 (2) and 3.127 (2) Å, and Ag—Ag—Ag angles of 107.70 (4) and 72.30 (4)°. All SA hydroxy groups take part in intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding. In the crystal packing, the napy rings are oriented parallel and overlap one another. These π–π inter­actions, together with weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O contacts, stabilize the crystal structure.     

catena‐Poly[[bis(1H‐benzimidazole‐κN3)(salicylato‐κO)copper(II)]‐μ‐salicylato‐O,O′:O′′]

The title compound, [Cu(C₇H₅O₃)₂(C₇H₆N₂)₂]_n, is a one‐dimensional polymeric complex bridged by salicyl­ate anions. The Cu^II atom is surrounded by three salicyl­ate and two benz­imidazole ligands, with a tetragonally elongated octahedral coordination geometry. The Cu—O bond distances in the axial directions are 2.6092 (16) and 2.6834 (17) Å. π–π stacking interactions exist between the benz­imidazole rings of neighboring polymeric complex chains.     

catena‐Poly[[(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)copper(II)]‐μ‐(dihydrogen benzene‐1,2,4,5‐tetracarboxylato)‐κ2O1:O4]

In the title compound, [Cu(C₁₀H₄O₈)(C₁₂H₈N₂)]_n, the Cu^II cation has a four‐coordination environment completed by two N atoms from one 1,10‐phenanthroline (phen) ligand and two O atoms belonging to two di­hydrogen benzene‐1,2,4,5‐­tetra­carboxyl­ate anions (H₂TCB²⁻). There is a twofold axis passing through the Cu^II cation and the centre of the phen ligand. The [Cu(phen)]²⁺ moieties are bridged by H₂TCB²⁻ anions to form an infinite one‐dimensional coordination polymer with a zigzag chain structure along the c axis. A double‐chain structure is formed by hydrogen bonds between adjacent zigzag chains. Furthermore, there are π–π stacking inter­actions between the phen ligands, with an average distance of 3.64 Å, resulting in a two‐dimensional network structure.     

Poly[[[aqua­(2,2′‐bipyridine‐κ2N,N′)manganese(II)]‐μ3‐acetyl­enedicarboxylato‐κ3O:O′:O′′] monohydrate]

In the title complex, {[Mn(C₄O₄)(C₁₀H₈N₂)(H₂O)]·H₂O}_n, each Mn^II ion has a distorted octa­hedral coordination formed by two N atoms of a 2,2′‐bipyridine ligand, three carboxyl O atoms of three different acetyl­ene­dicarboxyl­ate ligands and one coordinated water mol­ecule. The acetyl­ene­dicarboxyl­ate ligands act in a tridentate mode connecting adjacent Mn^II ions and constructing a two‐dimensional structure which can be regarded as an unusual plywood‐like stacked network.     

Bis(acesulfamato‐κ2N3,O4)bis­(2‐amino­pyrimidine‐κN1)copper(II)

In the crystal structure of the title compound, bis­(2‐amino­pyrimidine‐κN¹)bis­[6‐meth­yl‐1,2,3‐oxathia­zin‐4(3H)‐one 2,2‐dioxide(1−)‐κ²N³,O⁴]copper(II), [Cu(C₄H₄NO₄S)₂(C₄H₅N₃)₂], the first mixed‐ligand complex of acesulfame, the Cu^II centre resides on a centre of symmetry and has an octa­hedral geometry that is distorted both by the presence of four‐membered chelate rings and by the Jahn–Teller effect. The equatorial plane is formed by the N atoms of two amino­pyrimidine (ampym) ligands and by the weakly basic carbonyl O atoms of the acesulfamate ligands, while the more basic deprotonated N atoms of these ligands are in the elongated axial positions with a strong misdirected valence. The crystal is stabilized by pyrimidine ring stacking and by inter­molecular hydrogen bonding involving the NH₂ moiety of the ampym ligand and the carbon­yl O atom of the acesulfamate moiety.     

Bis(acesulfamato‐κ2O4,N)bis­(3‐methyl­pyridine)copper(II)

In the crystal structure of the title compound {systematic name: bis­[6‐methyl‐1,2,3‐oxa­thia­zin‐4(3H)‐one 2,2‐dioxide(1−)‐κ²N³,O⁴]bis­(3‐meth­yl­pyridine)copper(II)}, [Cu(C₄H₄NO₄S)₂(C₆H₇N)₂], the Cu^II centre resides on a centre of symmetry and has an octa­hedral geometry that is distorted both by the presence of four‐membered chelate rings and because of the Jahn–Teller effect. The equatorial plane is formed by the N atoms of two methyl­pyridine ligands and by the more basic O atoms of the acesulfamate ligands, while the weakly basic N atoms of these ligands are in elongated axial positions with a misdirected valence. The crystal is stabilized by two inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions involving the methyl and CH groups, and the sulfonyl O atoms of the acesulfamate group.     

Aqua[bis(pyrimidin‐2‐yl‐κN)amine](carbonato‐κ2O,O′)copper(II) dihydrate

The title mononuclear complex, [Cu(CO₃)(C₈H₇N₅)(H₂O)]·2H₂O, was obtained by fixation of CO₂ by a mixture of copper(II) tetra­fluoro­borate and the ligand bis­(pyrimidin‐2‐yl)­amine in ethanol/water. The Cu^II ion of the complex has a distorted square‐pyramidal environment, with a basal plane formed by two N atoms of the ligand and two chelating O atoms of the carbonate group, while the apical position is occupied by the O atom of the coordinating water mol­ecule. In the solid state, hydrogen‐bonding interactions are dominant, the most unusual being the Watson–Crick‐type coplanar ligand pairing through two N—H?N bonds. Lattice water mol­ecules also participate in hydrogen bonding.     

Poly[[di‐μ3‐acetato‐di‐μ2‐aqua‐diaqua‐di‐μ3‐hydroxo‐tricopper(II)] naphthalene‐1,5‐disulfonate]

The crystal structure of the title complex, {[Cu₃(C₂H₃O₂)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₄](C₁₀H₆O₆S₂)}_n, is built of infinite polymeric cationic {[Cu₃(C₂H₃O₂)₂(H₂O)₄(OH)₂]²⁺}_n chains stretching along the a axis, with naphthalene‐1,5‐disulfonate (1,5‐nds) anions in between. One independent Cu^II cation and the 1,5‐nds anion occupy special positions on crystallographic inversion centres. Each Cu^II cation has an octa­hedral coordination environment formed by two carboxyl O atoms, two hydroxo O atoms and two water mol­ecules. The carboxyl­ate and hydroxo groups perform a bridging function, linking adjacent Cu atoms in the chain, with a shortest Cu⋯Cu distance of 2.990 (3) Å. The chains are further linked into a three‐dimensional supra­molecular framework via hydrogen‐bonding inter­actions involving the sulfonate groups of the 1,5‐­nds dianions.