In search of conformationally chiral square-planar complexes: dichloridobis(2-methoxypyridine-kappaN)copper(II).
The title compound, [CuCl2(C6H7NO)2], was synthesized during a study of conformationally chiral square-planar coordination compounds. The coordination geometry deviates from the square-planar geometry generally adopted by copper(II) chloride complexes with pyridine ligands towards a tetrahedral arrangement of ligands. The complex is conformationally chiral but crystallizes in a centrosymmetric space group with both enantiomers present in the unit cell.
Department of Chemistry, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden. anle@chem.gu.se
Anders
A
Lennartson
Tove
T
Wiklund
Mikael
M
Håkansson