On the Crystal Structure of [Cu(OH)_2(H_2O)_2(4-C_5H_4NCOOH)_2]

In their report of the crystal structure of the compound claimed to be [Cu(OH)2(H2O)2(4- C5H4NCOOH)2], the authors did not give any experimental details on the location and refinement of the water and hydroxyl hydrogen atoms[1]; they had assumed the presence of the carboxylic -CO2H unit on the basis of the infrared stretching frequency at 1700 cm-1 that is only of medium intensity. The cell constants for the compound are, in fact, identical, with those documented for tetraaquabis(isonicot…

On the Crystal Structure of [Cu(OH)2(H2O)2(4-C5H4NCOOH)2]

The compound described as [Cu(OH)2(H2O)2(4-C5H4NCOOH)2] in Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2001, 20: 478-480 is instead the compound [Cu(H2O)4(4-C5H4NCOO)2], whose crystal structure has already been published elsewhere.