Abstract
A tetranuclear copper(II) complex [Cu 4(NSI) 4] · 2C 2H 5OH · 2H 2O (NSI=hydroxethylsalicydeneimine) has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2(1), a=9.494(3) Å, b=18.687(5) Å, c=13.149(4) Å, β=110.162(5)°, Z=2, R 1=0.0482 and wR 2=0.0978. The crystal structure contains a tetranuclear pseudo-cubane core based on an approximately cubane array of alternating copper and oxygen atoms. Each copper atom resides in a distorted square planar coordination environment with one nitrogen and three oxygen atoms from two NSI ligands. The tetranuclear units are linked in the crystal by O–H⋯O hydrogen bonds and weak Cu⋯O co-ordination bonds into one-dimensional structure. Variable temperature (5–300 K) magnetic measurements indicate the existence of ferromagnetic interactions among copper atoms. The IR and ESR spectra have also been investigated.
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