Abstract

A trinuclear copper(II) complex [Cu3Cl2L2], where L is the dianionic form of N,N′-bis(4-methoxysalicylidene)-1,3-pentanediamine, has been synthesized and characterized by means of spectroscopic methods and single crystal X-ray structure determination. The complex crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with unit cell dimensions a = 15.301(2), b = 23.226(2), c = 12.089(1)A, V = 4296.2(8) A3, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0682, and wR2 = 0.1590. The molecule of the complex possesses a crystallographic mirror plane symmetry with the mirror plane passes through the three Cu atoms and the two Cl atoms. The two terminal Cu atoms adopt distorted square pyramidal coordination, and the middle one adopts square planar coordination. The intramolecular Cu…Cu distances are 2.900(1) and 2.916(1) A. The complex was tested for its antibacterial activity to assess its inhibiting potential.

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