HETERONUCLEAR COMPLEX CONTAINING COPPER-LANTHANIDE ARRAYS: THE SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF Ln_2Cu_4L_8 (HL)_4(OH)_2(CIO_4)_4(H_2O)_(10)·2CH_3COCH_3 (Ln = Tb (1), Y (2); HL = 2-Pyridone C_5H_5NO)

Reaction of 2-pyridone, copper acetate and terbium(or yttrium) perchlorate in acetone with the moleratio 6: 2: 1 results in the formation of heteronuclear complex Ln_2Cu_4L_8 (HL)_4 (OH)_2 (ClO_4)_4 (H_20)_(10)2CH_3COCH_3(Ln = Tb (1), Y (2)). By recrystallizing (1) in CHCl_3 single crystals were obtained and thestructure was determined by four-circle diffractometer. Data showed that the crystal is in space groupC2/m with a=27. 454(9)A, b=13, 608A, c=30. 556(11)A, β=99. 89(3)°, v=11245. 7(7. 5)A~3. Thestructure was solved by a combination of Patterson method and Fourier technique. The final R value is0. 103. In the structure, four copper and two terbium ions are bridged by 2-pyridone anions to form anessentially octahedral Cu_4Tb_2 core. The terbium atoms are each eight-coordinate and the copper atomsare five-coordinate.