Crystal structure of bis{μ-2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethanolato}bis(μ-3,5-dimethylpyrazolato)tricopper(II) dibromide sesquihydrate

Abstract

In the title bicyclic trinuclear pyrazolate aminoalcohol complex, [Cu3(C5H7N2)2(C6H14NO3)2]Br2·1.5H2O, the central Cu atom lies on a center of symmetry and is involved in the formation of two five-membered rings. It has a coordination number of 4, is in a distorted tetrahedral environment and is connected by the bridging oxygen atoms of the deprotonated OH groups of different aminoalcohol groups, and by the N atoms of deprotonated dimethylpyrazole ligands. The peripheral Cu atom is in a trigonal–bipyramidal coordination environment formed by the nitrogen atom of the deprotonated bridging dimethylpyrazole unit, the bridging oxygen atom of the deprotonated OH group, two oxygen atoms of the protonated hydroxy groups and the nitrogen atom of triethanolamine. One of the C atoms and the Br− anion were found to be disordered over two positions with occupancy factors of 0.808 (9):0.192 (9) and 0.922 (3):0.078 (3), respectively.

Keywords

• copper
• copper complexes
• crystal structure
• pyrazole
• triethanolamine
• x-ray crystallography
• aminoalcohol ligand