A mixed-valence chair-like tetranuclear copper(I,II) cluster with three linking modes of the 3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole ligand.
In the tetranuclear copper complex tetrakis[mu-3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazolido]bis[3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazolido]dicopper(I)dicopper(II) dihydrate, [Cu(I)(2)Cu(II)(2)(C(12)H(8)N(5))(6)].2H(2)O, the asymmetric unit is composed of one Cu(I) center, one Cu(II) center, three anionic 3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole (2-BPT) ligands and one solvent water molecule. The Cu(I) and Cu(II) centers exhibit [Cu(I)N(4)] tetrahedral and [Cu(II)N(6)] octahedral coordination environments, respectively. The three independent 2-BPT ligands adopt different chelating modes, which link the copper centers to generate a chair-like tetranuclear metallomacrocycle with metal-metal distances of about 4.4 x 6.2 A disposed about a crystallographic inversion center. Furthermore, strong pi-pi stacking interactions and O-H...N hydrogen-bonding systems link the tetracopper clusters into a two-dimensional supramolecular network.
Zhai
Quan Guo
QG
Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, People's Republic of China.
Li
Shu Ni
SN
Jiang
Yu Cheng
YC
Hu
Man Cheng
MC