Copper(II)-assisted thorough hydrolysis of 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)1,3,5-triazine (tptz). Crystal structures of bis(2-pyridylcarboxylato)-copper(II) dihydrate and bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)-amido-2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine-copper(II) dicyanamide heptahydrate

2,4,6-Tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine (tptz) undergoes hydrolysis in the presence of copper(II) acetate affording bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)amido-copper(II) and free 2-pyridylcarboxylic anion. Two compounds of formulas Cu(NC₅H₄COO)₂]·2H₂O (1) and Cu(NC₅H₄CO)₂N(tptz)](N(CN)₂)·7H₂O (2), where NC₅H₄COO^? and (NC₅H₄CO)₂N^? are 2-pyridylcarboxylate and bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)amido-anion, respectively, were obtained from methanol/ethanol solution of tptz with copper acetate; they were characterized by element analysis and single crystal X-ray diffraction method. Single crystal XRD analysis shows that in complex 1 coordination number around Cu atom is 4 with distorted square-planar coordination geometry and in complex 2 coordination number around Cu atom is 6 with distorted octahedral geometry. Crystal data for 1: a = 5.1359(10) Å, b = 7.6471(15) Å, c = 9.2303(18) Å, α = 74.90(3)°, β = 84.36(3)°, γ = 71.37(3)°, space group P1, crystal system triclinic, Z = 1, V = 331.6(1) ų, d _calc = 1.721 g/cm³. Crystallographic data for 2: space group C2/c, crystal system monoclinic, a = 23.976(5) Å, b = 15.465(3) Å, c = 18.649(4) Å, β = 92.66(3)°, V = 6907(2) ų, d _calc = 1.0448 g/cm³, Z = 4.