Abstract

A series of copper(II) carboxylates with 2-aminopyridine was prepared. In all cases typical dinuclear complexes with a paddle-wheel type structure, Cu2X4L2, as well as mononuclear complexes of type CuX2L2 were obtained (X = hexanoate, heptanoate, octanoate or nonanoate, L = 2-aminopyridine). The structures of monoclinic Cu2(O2CC7H15)4(C5H6N2)2, 1, and Cu(O2CC7H15)2(C5H6N2)2, 2, were determined by X-ray diffraction. VIS-absorption spectroscopic and isothermal calorimetric titrations, were employed to investigate the dimer–monomer equilibrium in acetonitrile solutions. The results were analysed on the basis of the mass-action model to obtain the equilibrium constants of monomer formation (KM ≈ 104 L mol−1). The thermodynamic analysis shows that for all studied systems monomer formation is an enthalpy-driven process (ΔHM° ≈ −14 kJ mol−1). The observed exothermic ΔHM° values result most likely from the attractive coordinative interactions between Cu2+ ion and 2-aminopyridine.

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