SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF OXAMIDATO-BRIDGED BINUCLEAR COPPER(II) COMPLEXES

Abstract

The compounds Cu(oxpn)] (1), (bpy)(H₂O)Cu(μ-cis-oxpn)Cu(H₂O)] · 2NO₃ · 2H₂O (2) and (Him)(NO₃)Cu(μ-trans-oxpn)Cu(Him)(NO₃)] (3), where oxpn is the dianion of N,N′-bis(3-aminopropyl)oxamide, bpy is bipyridine and Him is imidazole, were prepared and characterized by elemental analysis and IR spectra. Complex (2) was also studied by thermochemical analysis and its structure determined by X-ray crystallography. The structure of complex (2) consists of binuclear copper(II) molecules in which the copper(II) atoms are bridged by an oxamidato group in the cis conformation resulting a copper-copper distance of 5.21 Å. Both copper(II) ions are in square-pyramidal surroundings with almost coplanar basal planes and a water molecule occupying the apical positions. The N atoms of the oxamidato moiety are trigonal. Two lattice water molecules together with the two coordinated ones hydrogen bond with nitrate ions.