Abstract
The interdependence between the side of apical coordination (H2O, >C=O, dimethyl sulfoxide and Cl−) and steric crowding at the apical positions was investigated for a set of 20 copper(II) bis complexes with naturally occurring amino acids. As a measure of steric crowding the overlapping volumes,V*, were used, calculated by the modified overlapping spheres method. It was found that the apically coordinated side of a complex is more hindered by the side-chain atoms. In addition, if both sides are apically coordinated, the apical bond is shorter at the more crowded side. The interdependence between the length of the apical bond and distortion of the coordination polyhedron was also studied. The apical bond length shows sigmoidal dependence on the magnitude of distortion, and is also dependent on the kind of distortion (square-pyramidal or tetrahedral).
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