Two coordination modes of CuII in a binuclear complex with N-(pyridin-2-ylcarbonyl)pyridine-2-carboxamidate ligands

Abstract

In the title dinuclear complex, (acetonitrile-1κN)[μ-N-(pyridin-2-ylcarbonyl)pyridine-2-carboxamidato-1:2κ5N,N′,N′′:O,O′][N-(pyridin-2-ylcarbonyl)pyridine-2-carboxamidato-2κ3N,N′,N′′]bis(trifluoromethanesulfonato-1κO)dicopper(II), [Cu2(C12H8N3O2)2(CF3O3S)2(CH3CN)], one of the CuII ions is five-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal N3O2 environment provided by two N-(pyridin-2-ylcarbonyl)pyridine-2-carboxamidate (bpca) ligands, while the second CuII ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral N4O2 environment provided by one bpca ligand, two trifluoromethansulfonate ligands and one acetonitrile molecule. Weak intermolecular C—H...O and C—H...F hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking interactions with centroid–centroid distances of 3.6799 (15) and 3.8520 (16) Å stabilize the crystal packing and lead to a three-dimensional network.