Crystal and molecular structures of heteroligand bis(hexafluoroacetylacetonato)copper(II) complexes with 3-imidazoline nitroxyl radicals,Cu(C5HF6O2)2:L=1:1 (L1=C13H18N3O,L2=C8H15N2O)

Crystal structures were determined for two new derivatives of heteroligand complexes of Cu(C₅HF₆O₂)₂ with nitroxyl radicals derived from 3-imidazoline: Cu(C₅HF₆O₂)₂(C₁₃H₁₈N₃O) (I) and Cu(C₅HF₆O₂)₂(C₈H₁₅N₂O) (II). The unit cell parameters for I are as follows: a=10.555(3), b=15.505(5), c=18.509(6) Å, V = 3029(1) ų, Z=4, d_calc=1.57 g/cm³, space group P2₁2₁2₁. The unit cell parameters for II are as follows: a=16.018(3), b=15.886(3), c=19.665(4) Å, V = 5004(1)ų, Z=8, d_calc=1.68 g/cm³, d_exp=1.68 g/cm³, space group P2₁2₁2₁. The structure of I is molecular. The coordination of the copper ion is a trigonal bipyramid formed by two oxygen atoms of the (hfac) ions and the nitrogen atom of the imidazoline heterocycle in the equatorial plane [Cu–O, 1.91(7), 2.242(7) Å, Cu–N, 2.010(7) Å] and the other oxygen atoms of the (hfac) anion in the axial positions [Cu–O, 1.940(6), 1.963(6) Å]. Complex II is polymeric. The two crystallographically independent Cu(hfac)₂ fragments are linked in a chain by means of two L² ligands. The coordination of the copper ions is a square bipyramid, whose equatorial plane is formed by the oxygen atoms of the (hfac) anion [Cu–O, 1.89(1)–2.03(1) Å]. The axial positions are occupied by nitrogen atoms [Cu–N, 2.52(1), 2.40(1) Å] and an oxygen atom of the NO fragment [Cu–O, 2.96(1), 2.67(1) Å] of different L² ligands. The ...Cu(hfac)₂–L²–Cu(hfac)₂–L₂... chains in the unit cell are located at two levels (x1/4 and 3/4).Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 126–133, March–April, 1993.