Di
nuclear copper(II) complexes with N
-substituted sulfo
namide liga
nds as superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimicshave bee
n i
nvestigated. The
new
N-(thiazol-2-yl)tolue
nesulfo
namide (Htz-tol) a
nd
N-(thiazol-2-yl)
naphthale
nesulfo
namide (Htz-
naf) liga
nds have bee
n prepared a
nd structurally characterized. The complexes derived fromthese liga
nds, [Cu
2(tz-tol)
4] (
1) a
nd [Cu
2(tz-
naf)
4] (
2), have bee
n sy
nthesized, a
nd their crystal structure, mag
neticproperties, a
nd EPR spectra were studied i
n detail. I
n both compou
nds the metal ce
nters are bridged by four
no
nli
near triatomic NCN groups. The coordi
natio
n geometry of the coppers i
n the di
nuclear e
ntity of
1 a
nd
2 isdistorted square pla
nar with two
N-thiazole a
nd two
N-sulfo
namido atoms. Mag
netic susceptibility data show astro
ng a
ntiferromag
netic coupli
ng, with -2
J = 121.3 cm
-1 for compou
nd
1 a
nd -2
J = 104.3 cm
-1 for compou
nd
2. The EPR spectra of the polycrystalli
ne samples of compou
nds
1 a
nd
2 have bee
n measured at the X- a
ndQ-ba
nd freque
ncies at differe
nt temperatures. Above 20 K the spectra are characteristic of
S = 1 species withzero-field splitti
ng parameter
D = 0.230 cm
-1 for compou
nd
1 a
nd 0.229 cm
-1 for compou
nd
2. The EPR parametersare discussed i
n terms of the k
now
n bi
nuclear structures. The complexes exhibit high SOD activity, as show
n bythe low IC
50 values obtai
ned with the xa
nthi
ne/xa
nthi
ne oxidase/NBT assay: 0.13
ntities/mgr.gif">M for compou
nd
1; 0.17
ntities/mgr.gif">Mfor compou
nd
2.