The crystal and molecular structure of aqua-bis(ethylenediamine)cupric-tris(cyano)-selenocyanatodicuprate

Abstract

The crystal structure of [Cu(H2O)(en)2][Cu2(CN)3(SeCN)] was solved by single crystal X-ray structural analysis in the triclinic system with a space group of P1 and in the monoclinic system with a space group of C2. In the triclinic system the unit cell has dimensions of a = 0.8445(3), b = 0.7903(3), c = 0.8444(3) nm, α = 119.58(2), β = 118.59(2) and γ = 93.63(3)° and, in the monoclinic system, a = 1.3331(4), b = 0.8670(2), c = 0.8267(3), β = 122.60(2)°. The structure was refined by the least squares method to final value of R = 5.5% in the triclinic system and R = 7.8% in the monoclinic system. The coordination sphere around the Cu(II) atom is square pyramidal, formed of two ethylenediamine molecules and one water molecule. The Cu(I) atoms are tetrahedrally coordinated by bridging SeCN and CN ligands to form infinite three-dimensional chains. The SeCN group is bonded to the Cu(I) atoms through the Se atom at distances of 0.2731(3) and 0.2745(3) nm.