Synthesis and crystal structure of the copper(II) valerate complex with nicotinamide

A coordination compound of copper(II) valerate with nicotinamide, [CuL(C₄H₉COO)₂]₂ (I), has been synthesized, and its crystal structure has been determined by X-ray crystallography. The crystals of I are triclinic: a = 9.1245(9) Å, b = 9.8572(6) Å, c = 11.0944(9) Å, α = 73.51(1)°, β = 79.917(6)°, γ = 72.161(7)°, Z = 2, space group $P\bar 1$ . In the centrosymmetric binuclear molecule of I, the copper atoms (Cu...Cu′, 2.621 Å) are linked through four bidentate chelating valerate ligands (av., Cu-O 1.969 Å). The coordination polyhedron of the Cu atom is a tetragonal pyramid with the nitrogen atom of the pyridine ring in the apical position at a longer distance (Cu-N, 2.190 Å).     

Crystal structure of bis(semicarbazido)copper(II) nitrate [Cu(NH<Subscript>2</Subscript>NHC(O)NH<Subscript>2</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript>](NO<Subscript>3</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The crystal structure of bis(semicarbazido)copper(II) nitrate [Cu(NH₂NHC(O)NH₂)₂](NO₃)₂ has been studied by X-ray diffraction. Monoclinic crystals, a = 6.835(2) Å, b = 7.733(2) Å, c = 10.320(3) Å, β = 105.701(3)°, V = 525.1(2) ų, space group P2₁/c, Z = 2, d _msd = 2.136 g/cm³, μ(MoK _α) = 2.143 mm⁻¹. The structure was solved with the program for automatic analysis of Patterson’s function and refined by full-matrix least squares in an anisotropic approximation for all non-hydrogen atoms using 753 independent reflections; R ₁ = 0.0203. The square environment of the Cu atom is formed from the amino nitrogen atoms of the hydrazine fragments and the C=O oxygen atoms of the two semicarbazide bidentate molecules (Cu-N 1.928 Å, Cu-O 1.999 Å). The axial positions are occupied by the O atoms of the NO ₃ ⁻ outer-spheric anions (Cu-O 2.505 Å). In the structure, the complex cations and the NO ₃ ⁻ anions are linked into a framework by N-H...O type hydrogen bonds. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2007 by G. V. Romanenko, Z. A. Savelieva, and S. V. Larionov __________ Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 370–373, March–April, 2007.     

Heteroligand zinc(II) and copper(II) complexes with naphthylacetic acid and monoethanolamine: Syntheses and crystal structures

New heteroligand Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes with the α-naphthylacetic acid anion (NAA) and monoethanolamine (MEA), [M(NAA)₂(MEA)₂] (M = Cu²⁺, (I), Zn²⁺ (II)), are synthesized. The crystal structures of the obtained complexes are determined by X-ray diffraction analysis (CIF files CCDC 984097 (I) and 930946 (II)). The crystals are monoclinic, for I: a = 18.8140(9) Å, b = 4.82500(14) Å, c = 16.0360(7) Å, β = 115.135(6)°, V = 1317.87(11) ų, space group P2₁/c, Z = 2; for II: a = 32.9760(14) Å, b = 5.0911(3) Å, c = 15.7994(10) Å, β = 94.418(5)°, V = 2644.6(3) ų, space group C2/c, Z = 4. In the structure of complex I, the Cu²⁺ ion arranged in the symmetry center is coordinated at the vertices of the distorted octahedron by the oxygen atoms of two NAA molecules (Cu-O(2) 2.019(4) Å) and two MEA molecules. The latter is the bidentate-chelating ligand and coordinates the metal through the O and N atoms to form the five-membered metallocycle (Cu-O(3) 2.457(5), Cu-N(1) 1.986(5) Å). In complex II, the Zn atom (on axis 2) is coordinated at the vertices of the distorted tetrahedron by the oxygen atoms of two NAA molecules (Zn-O(2) 1.976(4) Å) and the nitrogen atoms of two MEA molecules (Zn-N 2.034(6) Å). The character of the interaction of coordinated NAA and MEA ligands and methods for packing complexes I and II are considered on the basis of the structural data.     

Crystal and molecular structure of (hexafluoroacetylacetonato) (pivaloylacetonato)copper(II)

The crystal structure of (hexafluoroacetylacetonato)(pivaloylacetonato)copper(II) has been determined. Crystal data for CuO₄C₁₃H₁₄F₆: a = 8.288(2) Å, b = 8.682(2) Å, c = 12.307(2) Å; α = 90.75(3)°, β = 94.29(3)°, γ = 106.60(3)°; V = 845.7(3) ų, space group \(P\overline 1 \), Z = 2, d_calc = 1.617 g/cm³. The coordination polyhedron of the copper atom is formed by four oxygen atoms of two different β-diketonate ligands with Cu-O distances within 1.874–1.946 Å; the O-Cu-O bond angles are 94.8° and 90.6°. The complexes are united into centrosymmetrical “dimers” with Cu...Cu distances of 4.365 Å.     

A new binuclear germanium(IV) and copper(II) complex with 1,3-diamino-2-propanoltetraacetic acid: Crystal and molecular structure of [(H2O)(OH)Ge(μ-Hpdta)Cu(H2O)] · 3H2O

A heteronuclear germanium(IV) and copper(II) complex with 1,3-diamino-2-propanoltetraacetic acid (H₅Hpdta) has been synthesized for the first time. The compound has been characterized by elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, and IR spectroscopy. The structure of the complex [(H₂O)(OH)Ge(μ-Hpdta)Cu(H₂O)] · 3H₂O (I) has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystals of I are monoclinic, a = 1 5.327(4) Å, b = 11.626(3) Å, c =21.058(3) Å, β = 96.35(2)°, V = 3729.2(2) ų, Z = 8, space group C2/c, R1 = 0.0551 on 3090 reflections with I > 2σ(I). The structural units of the crystal of I are binuclear complex molecules [(H₂O)(OH)Ge(μ-Hpdta)Cu(H₂O)] and crystal water molecules. The germanium and copper atoms are linked by the bridging oxygen atom of the deprotonated isopropanol group of the Hpdta^5? ligand (Ge-O, 1.843(3) Å; Cu-O, 2.221(3) Å). The coordination spheres of the Ge and Cu atoms contain each one nitrogen atom (Ge-N, 2.090(4) Å; Cu-N, 2.000(4) Å) and two carboxyl oxygen atoms from four acetate arms of the heptadentate Hpdta^5? ligand (av. Ge-O, 1.909(3) Å; Cu-O, 1.948(3) Å). The coordination polyhedron of the Ge atom is completed to a distorted octahedron by the oxygen atoms of the terminal hydroxy group (Ge-O, 1.786(3) Å) and a water molecule (Ge-O, 1.904(3)Å). The coordination polyhedron of the copper atom is completed to a prolate tetragonal pyramid (4 + 1) by the oxygen atom of a water molecule in the equatorial position (Cu-O, 1.955(4) Å) and the bridging O(11) atom (Hpdta^5?) in the apical position. Binuclear molecules are linked pairwise in a head-to-head manner via double Cu-O(2) bridges to form the centrosymmetric tetranuclear supramolecule {[(H₂O)(OH)Ge(μ-Hpdta)Cu(H₂O)]}₂. The coordination of the Cu atom is completed by the weak Cu-O(2A) contact (3.303 Å) to an asymmetrically elongated tetragonal bipyramid (4 + 1 +1). In the crystal, the complex molecules and crystal water molecules are combined by a system of hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional framework.     

Crystal and molecular structures of bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3-methylaminoheptan-5-onate) copper(II) and nickel(II)

Two bis-chelates M(tmih)₂ (M = Cu(II), Ni(II), tmih = (CH₃)₃C(NCH₃)CHCOC(CH₃)₃)^? are synthesized and their crystal structures are determined using XRD (Bruker APEX-II diffractometer with a CCD detector, λMoK _α, λCuK _α, graphite monochromator, T = 240(2) K and 296(2) K): Cu(tmih)₂ (I) (space group P2₁/c, a = 12.9670(8) Å, b = 18.4921(9) Å, c = 11.0422(6) Å, β = 93.408(4)°, V = 2643.1(3) ų, Z = 4) and Ni(tmih)₂ (II) (space group P2₁/c, a = 12.810(2) Å, b = 18.529(2) Å, c = 11.243(2) Å, β = 91.959(7)°, V = 2667.1(6) ų, Z = 4). The complexes are isostructural; the coordination polyhedron of metal atoms is a flattened tetrahedron formed from two O atoms (Cu-O of 1.901(2) Å, 1.892(2) Å, Ni-O of 1.845(2) Å, 1.833(2) Å) and two N atoms (Cu-N of 1.976(3) Å, 1.972(3) Å, Ni-N of 1.911(2) Å, 1.920(2) Å) of the ligand; the chelate OMN angles (M = Cu(II), Ni(II)) are in the 87.4–93.1° range; the OMO and NMN angles are 162.2° and 167.2° in I, 171.1° and 173.2° in II. The complexes have the molecular structures formed from isolated molecules bonded by van der Waals interactions. Using a quantum chemical hybrid M06 method, the structures of copper(II) chelates with the H, CH₃, CH₂CH₃, CH(CH₃)₂, and C(CH₃)₃ substituents at the nitrogen atom are calculated. Found that with a bulky substituent at the nitrogen atom, the formation of chelates is hindered due to the intraligand repulsion between the atoms of this substituent and the tert-butyl group.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of diaquadibenzoatobis(nicotinamide)nickel(II)

A coordination compound of nickel(II) benzoate with nicotinamide [Ni(C₆H₅COO)₂(L)₂(H₂O)₂] (I) (L is nicotinic acid amide) is synthesized and studied by IR spectroscopy. Its crystal structure is solved by X-ray crystallography. The crystals of compound I are monoclinic: a = 7.152 Å, b = 18.266 Å, c = 10.341 Å, β = 109.24°, V = 1275.4 ų, Z = 2, space group P2₁/c. Structural units of a crystal of I are centrosymmetric octahedral complex molecules. The coordination environment of the Ni atom contains two O atoms (Ni-O(1) 2.066(2) Å) and two N atoms (Ni-N(1) 2.091(2) Å) of the monodentate-coordinated benzoate anions and nicotinamide molecules, respectively, as well as two O atoms of the H₂O molecules (Ni-O(1w) 2.110(2) Å).     

Synthesis and crystal structure of zinc(II) and manganese(II) complexes of 2-(diphenylacetyl)indandione-1,3

Zinc(II) and manganese(II) complexes of 2-(diphenylacetyl)indandione-1,3 (HL) were synthesized. Crystals of [M(DMSO)₂L₂] · CHCl₃, where M= Zn^(II) (I) and Mn^(II) (II), obtained from chloroform plus dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) mixture were found to be isostructural based on the similarity of their unit cell parameters and unit cell volumes. The crystals are triclinic, Z = 2, space group P \(\bar 1\); a = 10.422(1) Å, b = 11.929(1) Å, c = 20.429(1) Å, α = 73.616(1)°, β = 85.095(1)°, γ = 77.586(1)° for complex I; a = 10.436(1) Å, b = 12.297(1) Å, c = 19.924(2) Å, α = 78.138(2)°, β = 87.625(2)°, γ = 82.048(2)° for complex II. X-ray structural analysis of complex I was carried out. For complex II, the structure was not refined because all of its atoms are each disordered over three to five positions. The two DMSO molecules in complex I coordinate the central metal atoms in the monodentate mode via their donor oxygen atoms to occupy an axial position and an equatorial position in an octahedral polyhedron. The other four positions are occupied by the four oxygen atoms of the two deprotonated ligands L^? coordinated in the bidentate-cyclic mode. The outer sphere of complex I contains the solvating chloroform molecule.     

Crystal structures and properties of SrLnCuS3 (Ln = La,Pr)

The crystal structures of SrLnCuS₃ (Ln = La, Pr) have been refined using X-ray powder diffraction data and the derivative difference minimization method in the anisotropic approximation for all atoms. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group Pnma, BaLaCuS₃ structural type, unit cell parameters a = 11.2415(1) Å, b = 4.11053(6) Å, c = 11.5990(1) Å, V = 535.97(1) ų (SrLaCuS₃) and a = 11.1171(1) Å, b = 4.09492(6) Å, c = 11.5069(2) Å, V = 523.84(1) ų (SrPrCuS₃). The crystallographic positions of strontium and lanthanides are mixed by 21 and 11%, respectively. The SrLa-S and SrPr-S bond lengths range from 2.969(3) to 3.131(3) Å and from 2.924(2) to 3.056(2) Å, respectively. Distorted CuS₄ tetrahedra form chains running along the b axis. One-capped Sr/LnS₇ trigonal prisms form a three-dimensional structure with channels accommodating copper ions. The temperatures and enthalpies of incongruent melting are, respectively, 1513 K and 18 J/g (SrLaCuS₃) and 1426 K and 34 J/g (SrPrCuS₃). The compounds are IR transparent in the region of 3000–1800 cm^?1.     

Crystal structure of adducts of copper(II) acetylacetonate and hexafluoroacetylacetonate with 4-aminopyridine

Single crystal X-ray diffraction is used to investigate two synthesized β-diketonate complexes of copper(II) with aminopyridine: Cu(4-NH₂Py)(aa)₂ (I) and Cu(4-NH₂Py)(hfa)₂ (II). The crystals of I and II have a monoclinic system; the unit cell parameters of I are: P2₁/n space group, a = 8.2921(3) Å, b = 14.7243(5) Å, c = 13.4970(4) Å, β = 102.426(1)°, V = 1609.32(9) ų, Z = 4; for II: C2/c space group, a = 23.5704(5) Å, b = 11.4977(2) Å, c = 16.0285(3) Å, β = 109.265(1)°, V = 4100.6(1) ų, Z = 8. The structures of I and II are molecular; they are composed of isolated molecules. The coordination polyhedron of the copper atom is formed by the O atoms of two acetylacetonate ligands (Cu-O 1.940(2)–2.171(2) I and the O atoms of two hexafluoroacetylacetonate ligands (Cu-O 1.940(2)–2.215(3) Å) in II. The molecules of 4-NH₂Py are bonded to the copper atom via the nitrogen atom of the aromatic ring (Cu-N 2.008(2) Å in I and Cu-N 1.978(3) Å in II). Noncoordinated amino groups join the molecules of the complexes together by means of N-H…O hydrogen bonds.     

Crystal structure and triboluminescence of the [Eu(TTA)2(NO3)(TPPO)2] complex

The crystal structure of [Eu(TTA)₂(NO₃)(TPPO)₂] (I) (TTA = thenoyltrifluoroacetone, TPPO = triphenylphosphine oxide) possessing intense triboluminescence was established by X-ray crystallography. The crystals are triclinic, noncentrocymmetrical: a = 11.047(3) Å, b = 11.794(3) Å, c = 12.537(3) Å; α = 102.635 (4)°, β = 102.088(4)°,γ = 117.765(3)°; space group P1, Z = 1. The central Eu(III) atom coordinates two oxygen atoms of two TPPO molecules at distances of 2.271 Å and 2.282 Å, two oxygen atoms of the nitrate group at distances of 2.478 Å and 2.481 Å, four oxygen atoms of two TTA ions at distances of 2.365 Å, 2.381 Å, and 2.363 Å, 2.371 Å (coordination number is 8). The coordination polyhedron of the Eu(III) atom is a distorted dodecahedron. Possible reasons for spectral differences in the Stark structure of photo-and triboluminescence of I are discussed.     

Crystal structure of a Mn(II) complex with isatin-hydrazone-S-benzyldithiocarbazate

The reaction of Mn(OAc)₂·4H₂O with isatin-hydrazone-S-benzyldithiocarbazate (HIsa-SBn) results in the formation of a bis-ligand complex [Mn(Isa-SBn)₂]·2DMF. Its single crystal is obtained and the structure is determined by X-ray diffraction. It belongs to a monoclinic space group C2/c with the cell parameters: a = 23.290(4) Å, b = 11.4980(18) Å, c = 18.483(5) Å, V = 4087.6(14) ų. The Mn(II) atom is six-coordinated with two amide O atoms, two azomethine N atoms, and two thiolate S atoms, resulting in a distorted octahedral geometry.     

Crystal structure of barium (cyclohexane-1,2-diaminetetraacetato)cobaltate(III) nonahydrate Ba[Co(Cdta)]2 · 9H2O

The crystal structure of Ba[Co(Cdta)]₂ · 9H₂O has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The crystals are monoclinic, a = 15.9415(10) Å, b = 7.8449(6) Å, c = 32.230(2) Å, β = 100.387(8)°, Z = 4, space group C2/c)). The cyclohexane-1,2-diaminetetraacetate ion forms the octahedral [Co(Cdta)]^? complex through two donor nitrogen atoms and four oxygen atoms and is also connected to two barium atoms through oxygens. The Ba atoms are on a twofold axis. Its nearest environment comprises five O atoms of water molecules, one also being located on a twofold axis, and four O atoms of the four neighboring complex ions. This gives infinite layers parallel to the ab plane. All water molecules form hydrogen bonds within one layer.     

Crystal structure of bis(l-arginine)copper(II) hexachlorodimercurate, [Cu(l-Arg)2]Hg2Cl6

By means of X-ray diffraction the chain structure of [Cu(l-Arg)₂]Hg₂Cl₆ (monoclinic, a = 10.2348(9) Å, b = 9.1386(7) Å, c = 14.8521(14) Å, β = 97.455(11)°, space group P2₁) is established. The chains are formed by square-planar [Cu(l-Arg)₂]²⁺ cations of the type trans-[Cu(N)₂(O)₂] (l-Arg is the zwitter-ion of arginine; Cu-N 1.992 Å and 1.938(6) Å, Cu-O 1.953 Å and 1.967(4) Å) that are bonded to two adjacent binuclear [Cl₂Hg(μ-Cl)₂HgCl₂]^2? ions through its clorine atoms Cl (Hg-Cl bonds are within 2.34–2.78 Å). With these two additional Cu…Cl contacts Cu adopts the geometry of an elongated octahedron with two apical Cl (Cu-Cl 2.961 Å and 3.064(3) Å).     

Crystal structure of carbonylcyclopentadienyl-1,5-η-[(η-methylene-1)cyclopentenonato-2]triphenylphosphine-molybdenum(II)

The crystal structure of the title compound was determined at room temperature from 3187 independent reflections. The unit cell is monoclinic, space group P2₁/c; the lattice constants are a 8.24 ± 0.02 Å, b 28.12 ± 0.04 Å, c 10.87 ± 0.02 Å, β 104.85° ± 0.04, Z = 4. Full matrix least-squares refinement led to a conventional R factor of 0.047. The atomic positions show that phosphine and cyclopentenone are in “trans” positions, i.e. on the opposite sides of the plane that bisects the allyl group and which contains the molybdenum: this result is in agreement with a structural assignment based on NMR data. The molybdenum environment is pseudotetrahedral, the four vertices being occupied by the phosphine, the carbonyl group, the cyclopentadienyl group and the allylic ketone.     

A study of the structure and properties of mixed-ligand Cu(II) complexes with hexafluoroacetylacetone and methyl-, phenyl-ketoimines

The synthesis and X-ray single crystal study of two mixed-ligand Cu(II) complexes are performed: (CH₃C(NCH₃)CHC(O)CH₃)(CF₃C(O)CHC(O)CF₃)Cu (1) (space group P2₁/c, a = 7.0848(12) Å, b = 17.854(3) Å, c = 11.837(2) Å, β = 100.495(6)°, V = 1472.4(4) ų, Z = 4), (CH₃C(NC₆H₅)CHC(O)CH₃)· (CF₃C(O)CHC(O)CF₃)Cu (2) (space group P-1, a = 9.1119(4) Å, b = 9.6954(4) Å, c = 11.1447(6) Å, α = 113.784(2)°, β = 92.383(2)°, γ = 95.402(2)°, V = 893.52(7) ų, Z = 2). The structures are molecular, formed from neutral mixed-ligand copper complexes. The central copper atom has the (3O+N) coordination environment with average Cu-O distances of 1.948 Å and Cu-N of 1.932 Å; the chelate O-Cu-N angle (average) is 94.0°. In the structures, the complexes are linked into dimeric associates with Cu…Cu distances of 3.197 Å (for 1) and 3.246 Å (for 2). The volatility of mixed-ligand complexes 1 and 2 is in between of that of the starting homo-ligand complexes.     

Characterization of the adducts of bis(O-isoamyldithiocarbonato)nickel(II) with heterocyclic amines and X-ray structure of bis(O-isoamyldithiocarbonato)-bis(3-bromopyridine)nickel(II)

A series of six-coordinated Ni(II) complexes, with the general formula Ni(Xan)L₂ (where Xan = = isoamyldithiocarbonato and L = 2-bromopyridine, 3-bromopyridine, 4-acetylpyridine, 3-hydroxypyridine and 2-methoxypyridine) are synthesized and characterized by the elemental analysis and various physicochemical techniques such as magnetic susceptibility and conductivity measurements, UV-visible and infrared spectral data. Based on the electronic spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements, an octahedral geometry is proposed for all the complexes. IR spectral data show that in all these complexes substituted pyridines coordinate to the metal ion through nitrogen atoms occupying the fifth and sixth axial positions, whereas O-alkyldithiocarbonate acts as a monoanion bidentate ligand and occupies the planar positions of octahedral structures. The structure of the adduct with 3-bromopyridine is elucidated by the single crystal X-ray diffraction method. The complex crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 with unit cell parameters a = 6.5855(4) Å, b = 9.4984(6) Å, c = 12.4518(8) Å, α = 87.944(5)°, β = 78.843(5)°, γ = 77.794(5)°. The crystal structure of the molecule is stabilized by intermolecular C–H…S and C–H…π interactions.     

The structure of the compound Cd3P2

Structure of Cd₃P₂ (P4₂/nmc, a = b = 8.7390 Å, c = 12.2523 Å) has been solved and refined up to R = 3.78% using precision X-ray diffraction experimental data (λ-MoK _α, graphite monochromator on a primary beam, 11529 reflections). Interatomic distances and valence angles are determined. Phosphorus forms a face-centered cubic lattice in which 3/4 tetrahedral voids are occupied by cadmium atoms in the crystal structure. The structure can be described by two equivalent models in which the positions of cadmium atoms, which occupy tetrahedral voids following the “diamond principle,” are preserved, while the remaining free and occupied voids change their places.     

Crystal structure of neodymium and gadolinium dihydroxy-nitrate,Ln(OH)2NO3

The crystal structures of Nd(OH)₂NO₃ and Gd(OH)₂NO₃ have been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. Crystallization occurs in monoclinic space group P2₁ (No. 4) with a = 6.420(1), b = 3.838(1), c = 7.746(2) Å, and β = 98.18(2)° for Nd(OH)₂NO₃ and a = 6.340(2), b = 3.715(1), c = 7.728(2) Å, and β = 96.95(2)° for Gd(OH)₂NO₃. The structures were refined to residual indices of 0.025 and 0.048, respectively, using 372 and 360 unique reflections. The lanthanoid metal atoms are nine-coordinated, having a tricapped trigonal prismatic geometry. The nitrate counter ion acts as a bidentate ligand, while the two hydroxide oxygen atoms link symmetry-related lanthanoid atoms, forming two-dimensional layers.     

Crystal structures of nitrato-{4-bromo-2-[(2-hydroxyethylimion)methyl]phenolo}-(3,5-Dibromopyridine)copper and nitrato-{2,4-dibromo-6-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenolo}-(3,5-dibromopyridine)copper

The crystal structures of nitrato-{4-bromo-2-[2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenolo}-(3,5-dibromopyridine)copper (I) and nitrato-{2,4-dibromo-6-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenolo}-(3,5-dibromopyridine)copper (II) are determined. The crystals of compound I are orthorhombic: a = 14.157(3) Å, b = 15.420(3) Å, c = 17.494(4) Å, space group Pbca, Z = 8, R = 0.067. The crystals of compound II are monoclinic: a = 10.675 Å, b = 13.973 Å, c = 14.007 Å, β = 111.92°, space group P2₁/n, Z = 4, R = 0.0464. In the structures of compounds I and II, the copper atom coordinates, correspondingly, singly deprotonated 4-bromo-2-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenol and 2,4-dibromo-6-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenol molecules, and 3,5-dibromopyridine, and the nitrate ion. The coordination polyhedron of the copper ion in complexes I and II is a slightly distorted tetragonal pyramid. The bases of the pyramids are formed by the imine and pyridine nitrogen atoms and the phenolic and alcoholic oxygen atoms, and the axial vertices are occupied by the oxygen atoms of the monodentate nitrato groups. In the complexes under study, the six-membered metallocycles have asymmetric gauche conformation. In crystal, complexes I are united, due to the slip plane a, through bifurcate hydrogen bonds into infinite chains along the direction [100]. Complexes II in crystal form two-dimensional networks by means of hydrogen bonds.