Tetranuclear copper(II) complex of 2-hydroxy-N,N′-bis[1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethylidene]propane-1,3-diamine

Abstract

The title molecular structure, namely, (μ3-acetato)(μ2-acetato)bis(μ3-1,3-bis{[1-(2-oxidophenyl)ethylidene]amino}propan-2-olato)tetracopper(II) monohydrate, [Cu4(C19H19N2O3)2(CH3CO2)2]·H2O, corresponds to a non-symmetric tetranuclear copper complex. The complex exhibits one ligand molecule that connects two copper CuII metal centres via its ethanolato oxygen anion acting in a μ2-mode and one ligand molecule that connects three copper CuII metal centres via its ethanolato oxygen anion acting in a μ3-mode. One bridging acetate group acting in an η1:η1-μ2-mode connects two copper(II) ions while another bridging acetate group connects three copper(II) ions in an η1:-η2-μ3-mode. A chair-like Cu3O3 structure is generated in which the two CuO4N units are connected by one μ2-O ethanolate oxygen atom. These two units are connected respectively to the CuO3N unit via one μ3-O ethanolate oxygen atom and one μ2-O atom from an acetate group. The μ3-O atom also connects one of the CuO4N units and the CuO3N unit to another CuO3N unit, which is out of the chair-like structure. Each of the two pentacoordinated CuII cations has a distorted NO4 square-pyramidal environment. The geometry of each of the two CuNO3 units is best described as a slightly square-planar environment. A series of intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds is observed. In the crystal, the units are connected by intermolecular C—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen bonds, thus forming sheets parallel to the ac plane

Keywords

• crystal structure
• 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone
• 1,3-diaminopropan-2-ol