Structure determination of picolinato–copper(II)-amine complexes

Abstract

Two series of Cu(II)–picolinato complexes of 1:1 and 3:2 Cu(II)-amine/picolinate namely [Cu(L 1)(pic)]ClO 4 and [Cu 3(L 2) 3(pic) 2(H 2O)](ClO 4) 4· xH 2O or [Cu 3(dpt) 3(pic) 2](ClO 4) 4, where pic = picolinate anion, L 1 = dien (diethylenetriamine), Et 2dien ( N, N-diethyldiethylenetriamine), Medpt (3,3′-diamino- N-methyldipropylamine), L 2 = pmedien ( N, N, N′, N″, N″-pentamethyl-diethylenetriamine), TPA (tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine), and dpt = dipropylenetriamine were synthesized and structurally characterized by electronic and IR spectroscopy. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of the complex [Cu(dien)(pic)]ClO 4 ( 1) reveals its monomeric nature whereas for [Cu 3(pmedien) 3(pic) 2(H 2O)](ClO 4) 4·2H 2O ( 4), it was shown that the complex consists of two subunits of the mononuclear [Cu(pmedien)(pic)] + and the dinuclear [Cu 2(pmedien) 2(pic)(H 2O)] 3+ cations with the perchlorate as counter ions and lattice water molecules. In the mononuclear complexes of 1 and 4 the picolinato anions act as N, O-chelating ligands, whereas N, O, O′-picolinato bridges are observed in the dinuclear [Cu 2(pmedien) 2(pic)(H 2O)] 3+ cations of 4. The aqueous visible spectra of the complexes 1– 6 are consistent with five-coordinate Cu(II) species where distorted square pyramidal geometry (SP) was assigned for complexes 2– 5, trigonal bipyramidal geometry (TBP) for 6 and an intermediate geometry between SP and TBP for 1.