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metal-organic compounds
The CuII ion of [Cu(C14H32N4)(ClO4)2], is six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry with the four N atoms of the macrocyclic ligand equatorial and the two O atoms of the perchlorate ion axial. The quadridentate ligand adopts its most stable conformation with the two six-membered rings in chair forms and the two five-membered rings in gauche forms. The complex has a 1RS,4RS,8SR,11SR configuration for the four chiral N-atom centres and a 5SR,7RS,12RS,14SR configuration for the two chiral C-atom centres.