Synthesis and structural properties of a 1-D copper(I) coordination polymer

A coordination polymer catena-chloro(4-pyridinecarboxylic acid)copper(I): Cu(C₆H₅ O₂N)Cl]_n (1) has been prepared directly by reacting Cu^IICl₂ 2H₂O and 4-cyanopyridine in the presence of disodium maleate under hydrothermal conditions at 140°C. Crystal data for 1 are as follows: monoclinic, P2₁/n, a = 16.4623(9) Å, b = 3.7795(2) Å, c = 24.7612(11) Å, = 101.534(1)°, V = 1509.5(1) ų, Z = 4, D _calc. = 1.955 g cm^–3, R1 = 0.0511, wR2 = 0.1060 for all 2666 reflections. In this 1-D stair-polymer, two Cu–Cl–Cu]_n zigzag chains are held together by weak interchain Cu–Cl bonds. The 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid ligands derived from the 4-CNpy molecules coordinate to the approximately tetrahedral Cu(I) centers through pyridyl-N atoms. The carboxyl ends of 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid participate in interchain hydrogen-bonding interactions to form a 2-D supramolecular network.