(meso-5,5,7,12,12,14-Hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)copper(II) bis(O,S-dibenzyl dithiophosphate)

Abstract

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(C16H36N4)](C14H14O2PS2)2, the CuII atom is located on an inversion center and is chelated by four N atoms of the macrocyclic meso-5,5,7,12,12,14- hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane ligand in a square-planar geometry, with Cu—N distances of 2.013 (3) and 2.014 (3) Å. In the crystal structure, one O,S-dibenzyl dithiophosphate counter-anion links with the CuII complex cation through N—H...O and N—H...S hydrogen bonding. During the synthesis, the structure of the anion re-arranged from O,O′-dibenzyl dithiophosphate in the starting material to O,S-dibenzyl dithiophosphate in the title compound.