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Copper(II) and zinc(II) co-ordination compounds of tridentate bis(benzimidazole)pyridine ligands. Crystal and molecular structures of bis[2,6-bis(1′-methylbenzimidazol-2′-yl)pyridine]copper(II) diperchlorate monohydrate and (acetonitrile)[2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2′-yl)pyridine](perchlorato)copper(II) perchlorate
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Copper(II) and zinc(II) co-ordination compounds of tridentate bis(benzimidazole)pyridine ligands. Crystal and molecular structures of bis[2,6-bis(1′-methylbenzimidazol-2′-yl)pyridine]copper(II) diperchlorate monohydrate and (acetonitrile)[2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2′-yl)pyridine](perchlorato)copper(II) perchlorate

S. Bamidele Sanni, Helmut J Behm, Paul T Beurskens, Gerard A van Albada, Jan Reedijk, Albert T. H Lenstra, Anthony W Addison and Mallayan Palaniandavar
Dalton Transactions, (6), pp 1429-1435
1988

Abstract

Compounds are described of general formulae Cu(L 1 )X 2 , Cu(L 1 ) 2 X 2 , Cu(L 2 )X 2 , and Cu(L 2 ) 2 X 2 with L 1 = 2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2′-yl)pyridine, L 2 = 2,6-bis(1′-methylbenzimidazol-2′-yl)pyridine, and X = Cl, Br, or ClO 4 . For comparison also a few zinc( II ) halides were prepared and characterized. The compounds were structurally characterized by i.r., ligand-field, and e.s.r. spectra and for two representative cases [Cu(L 1 )(CH 3 CN)(ClO 4 )][ClO 4 ]( 1 ) and [Cu(L 2 ) 2 ][ClO 4 ] 2 ·H 2 O ( 2 ) also by X -ray diffraction techniques. Compound ( 1 ) crystallizes in space group P 2 1 / c with a = 14.061(1), b = 20.638(1), c = 8.273(1)Å, β= 101.119(8), and Z = 4; R = 0.0366 for 4 265 observed reflections with I > 2σ( I ). Compound ( 2 ) crystallizes in space group P 2 1 / c with a = 8.4824(22), b = 29.1965(29), c = 16.7393(24)Å, β= 95.836(17)°, and Z = 4; R = 0.062 for 3 165 observed reflections with I > 3σ( I ). The structure of ( 1 ) consists of one tridentate chelating L 1 ligand and CH 3 CN, co-ordinated in a square-planar geometry (Cu-N 1.96-2.03 Å) with a perchlorato oxygen at 2.40 Å, thereby completing a five-co-ordinate geometry. A sixth ligand at 2.8 Å(from another perchlorate oxygen) is considered to be semico-ordinating. The structure of ( 2 ) consists of one tridentate and one bidentate L 2 , chelating in a five-co-ordinate geometry, again tetragonal pyramidal, with the apical ligand (Cu-N 2.51 Å) coming from the bidentate chelating L 2 . The sixth donor atom, again from a perchlorate oxygen, at 2.70 Å is considered to be semi-co-ordinating. Spectroscopic and magnetic data have been used to deduce structures for the other copper( II ) compounds based on these two X -ray structures.

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