A New Dinuclear Copper (II) Complex of a Bis‐macrocyclic Ligand: Synthesis,Characterization, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties

A new dinuclear Cu(II) complex, Cu₂L(N₃)₂](ClO₄)₁.₅ (OH)_4.5 · 2H₂O 0.5C₂H₅OH (1), of a bis‐macrocyclic ligand, 2,6‐bis(l,4,7,10‐tetraazacyclododecan‐10‐ylmethyl)‐methoxybenzene (L), has been synthesized, characterized and structurally determined by X‐ray diffraction analysis. Complex 1 crystallizes in orthorhombic crystal system, Pca2(l) space group with a = 1.5371(3), b = 1.6641(3), c = 3.0950(6) nm, V = 7.917(3) nm³, F_w = 904.62, Z=8, D_c= 1.529 g/cm³ and final R = 0.0568, wR = 0.1406 for 10410 observed reflections with I≥2σ (I). Both Cu(II) centers in the structure are coordinated by four nitrogen atoms of 1,4,7, 10‐tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen) and a nitrogen donor of the axial azide anion. Each Cu(II) center is in a square‐pyramidal coordination environment, and the intra‐and nearest inter‐molecular Cu? Cu nonbonding distances are 0.9855 and 0.7298 nm, respectively. Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements in the range of 4.2–300 K indicate mat there exists weak intra‐ and inter‐molecular antiferromagnetic coupling between the Cu(II) centers with 27= ?4.2 cm^?1 and Θ = ?0.47 K.