Acta Crystallographica Section C

Crystal Structure Communications

Volume 64, Part 6 (June 2008)

metal-organic compounds

ga3087 scheme

Acta Cryst. (2008). C64, m224-m227 [ doi:10.1107/S0108270108012237 ]

Bis{2,6-bis[1-(4-fluorophenylimino)ethyl]pyridine}-1³N,N',N'';3³N,N',N''-di--chlorido-1:2²Cl:Cl;2:3²Cl:Cl-trichlorido-1Cl,2Cl,3Cl-2-copper(I)-1,3-dicopper(II)

N. Özdemir, M. Dinçer, O. Dayan and B. Çetinkaya

Abstract: The title complex, [Cu₃Cl₅(C₂₁H₁₇N₃F₂)₂], is the first reported copper trimer including both Cu^I and Cu^II ions. The two Cu^II ions are five-coordinate in a significantly distorted square-pyramidal arrangement, with the bridging Cl atom located in the apical position, and the pyridine (py) N atom, the two imine N atoms and the other Cl atom located in the basal plane. The Cu^I ion is in a trigonal planar configuration surrounded by three Cl atoms. The structure is stabilized by intra- and intermolecular C-HCl and C-H [pi] (py) hydrogen bonds.

Formula: [Cu₃Cl₅(C₂₁H₁₇N₃F₂)₂]