{N,N′-[2,2′-(Ethane-1,2-diyldisulfanediyl)di-o-phenylene]bis(quinoline-2-carboxamidato)}copper(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C34H24N4O2S2)] or [Cu(bqdapte)], where H2bqdapte is 1,2-{bis[2-(quinoline-2-carboxamido)phenyl]sulfanyl}ethane, the CuII ion is coordinated to the dianionic hexadentate bqdapte2− ligand by two amide and two quinoline N atoms and two thioether S atoms. In the observed conformation of the hexadentate ligand, the quinoline rings attain positions related by a twofold axis. The Cu atom displays a Jahn–Teller-distorted octahedral CuN4S2 geometry axially compressed along the two trans-configured Cu—Namidate bonds.