Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C8H5N5O3)(C12H8N2)(H2O)]·3H2O, the Cu(II) cation is O,N,O'-chelated by the 2-amino-7-methyl-4-oxidopteridine-6-carboxyl-ate anion and N,N'-chelated by the 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand. A water mol-ecule further coordinates to the Cu(II) cation to complete the elongated distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry. In the mol-ecule, the pteridine ring system is essentially planar [maximum deviation = 0.055 (4) Å], and its mean plane is nearly perpendicular to the phen ring system [dihedral angle = 85.97 (3)°]. In the crystal, N-H⋯O, O-H⋯N and O-H⋯·O hydrogen bonds, as well as weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions, link the complex mol-ecules and lattice water mol-ecules into a three-dimensional supra-molecular architecture. Extensive π-π stacking between nearly parallel aromatic rings of adjacent mol-ecules are also observed, the centroid-to-centroid distances being 3.352 (2), 3.546 (3), 3.706 (3) and 3.744 (3) Å.

Highlights

  • In the title compound, [Cu(C8H5N5O3)(C12H8N2)(H2O)]3H2O, the CuII cation is O,N,O0 -chelated by the 2-amino-7-methyl-4-oxidopteridine-6-carboxylate anion and N,N0 -chelated by the 1,10-phenanthroline ligand

  • The present work is concerned with the title complex, possessing both a tridentate pterin ligand and a -acidic ligand like phen

  • Apart from the characteristic Jahn–Teller effect, another reason for distortion from a regular octahedral geometry is that the pterin ligand forms two five-membered chelate rings with small bite angles [76.47 (10) and

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Summary

Chemical context

The ubiquitous presence of pterins in nature including several classes of metalloenzymes, has catalysed developments of their coordination chemistry (Basu & Burgmayer, 2011; Burgmayer, 1998; Dix & Benkovic, 1988; Erlandsen et al., 2000; Fitzpatrick, 2003). Literature survey reveals the paucity of structurally characterized CuII complexes involving tridentate pterin coordination (Kohzuma et al, 1989). The present work is concerned with the title complex, possessing both a tridentate pterin ligand and a -acidic ligand like phen

Structural commentary
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