Bis(μ‐2‐sulfonatobenzoato)bis[(1,10‐phenanthroline)­lead(II)] dihydrate

In the title centrosymmetric dimer, [Pb₂(sbc)₂(phen)₂]·2H₂O [sbc is the 2‐sulfonatobenzoate dianion (C₇H₄O₅S) and phen is 1,10‐phenanthroline (C₁₂H₈N₂)], each Pb^II ion is six‐coordinated by four O atoms, viz. carboxyl­ate and sulfonate O atoms from two sbc anions, and two N atoms from a 1,10‐phenanthroline ligand. One 1,10‐phenanthroline ligand and the carboxyl­ate group of one sbc ligand are chelated to each Pb^II cation, and the sulfonate group of the other sbc unit is monodentate. One O atom of the chelated carboxyl­ate group also bridges to the other Pb^II cation, so that each pair of Pb^II ions is bridged by two sbc anions and has the same coordination environment, forming a dinuclear ring. Each pair of Pb^II ions is thus connected by two different kinds of bridges, namely a carboxyl­ate short bridge and a carboxyl­ate–sulfonate long bridge. There is also a special position of site symmetry at the centre of the two Pb^II cations.     

Poly[diaquabis(μ3‐2,2‐dimethylpropanedioato)calcium(II)copper(II)]

The title complex, [CaCu(C₅H₆O₄)₂(H₂O)₂]_n, is the first heterobimetallic complex based on a substituted malonate dianion. The Cu^II cation and two independent 2,2‐dimethylmalonate (or 2,2‐dimethylpropanedioate) dianions build up a robust dianionic [Cu(C₅H₆O₄)₂]²⁻ complex, which acts as a building block to coordinate to four Ca²⁺ cations. Each Cu^II centre is in a four‐coordinate square plane of dimethylmalonate O atoms, while each Ca^II atom is in an eight‐coordinate distorted bicapped trigonal–prismatic environment of six O atoms from four different dimethylmalonate groups and two water molecules. This arrangement creates a two‐dimensional layer connectivity of the structure. The dianionic [Cu(C₅H₆O₄)₂]²⁻ units are involved in different intermolecular hydrogen‐bonding interactions with water molecules via the formation of hydrogen‐bonded rings of graph sets R₁²(8) and R(6) within this layer. The crystal was nonmerohedrally twinned by rotation about [011] with a major twin volume fraction of 0.513 (3).     

Crystallographic report: [(1,3‐Bis(4‐pyridyl)propane)(diaqua)zinc(II)] diperchlorate dihydrate

Four ligands of 1,3‐bis(4‐pyridyl)propane and two water molecules are coordinated to the zinc(II) atom so that the coordination geometry closely resembles a trans‐N₄O₂ octahedral environment. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.