Bis(μ-naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylato-κ2O1:O8)bis[aquabis(N,N′-dimethylformamide-κO)copper(II)]

Abstract

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear title complex, [Cu2(C12H6O4)2(C3H7NO)4(H2O)2], the coordination environment of each Cu(II) atom displays a distorted CuO5 square-pyramidal geometry, which is formed by two carboxylate O atoms of two μ-1,8-nap ligands (1,8-nap is naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylate), two O atoms of two DMF (DMF is N,N′-dimethylformamide) and one coordinated water molecule. The Cu—O distances involving the four O atoms in the square plane are in the range 1.9501 (11)–1.9677 (11) Å, with the Cu atom lying nearly in the plane [deviation = 0.0726 (2) Å]. The axial O atom occupies the peak position with a Cu—O distance of 2.885 (12) Å, which is significantly longer than the rest of the Cu—O distances. Each 1,8-nap ligand acts as bridge, linking two CuII atoms into a dinuclear structure. Intermolecular O—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions consolidate the structure.