Abstract: | Copper(II) aryl carboxylates on interaction with 2-picoline N-Oxide (2-picNO), 3-picoline N-Oxide (3-picNO) and 4-picoline N-Oxide (4-picNO) in acetone or ethyl acetate yield 1:1 adducts. These are regarded as binuclear bridged complexes of composition Cu2(RC6H4COO)2L2 where R is o-, m-, p-CH2; o-, m-Cl: o-NO2; m-, p-CH2O; and L is 2-, 3-, and 4-picNO ligand. With 4-picNO some 1:2 adducts have also been obtained. |