The reaction of 2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine (bppz) withnickel(II) sulfate in aqueous solution yielded abinuclearcomplex,[Ni
2(bppz)(H
2O)
8](SO
4)
2·2H
2O
(1), whose structure was solved by single-crystalmethods. The compoundcrystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
n with
a =8.372(2) Å,
b = 18.301(2) Å,
c =17.197(2) Å,
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=97.54(2)
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, and
Z = 4. The bppz ligand chelatesthe two octahedrally coordinated nickel atoms through itsnitrogendonors. The four remaining coordination sites are occupied bywater oxygen atoms. The binuclear[Ni
2(bppz)(H
2O)
8]
4+ cations are heldtogether by hydrogen bonds involving sulfate anions and watermolecules. Similarreactions with nickel(II) or copper(II) chloride in lesspolar solvents resulted in the formation of two newcoordination polymers,{[Ni
2Cl
2(bppz)(H
2O)
2(CH
3OH)
2]Cl
2}
n(2) and[Cu
2Cl
4(bppz)]
n(3). These polymers couldbe obtained only in microcrystalline form. Their structures weredetermined
ab initio from X-ray powderdiffractiondata. The complex{[Ni
2Cl
2(bppz)(H
2O)
2(CH
3OH)
2]Cl
2}
n(2) belongs to the triclinic space group
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with
a =8.7014(4) Å,
b = 10.1465(5) Å,
c= 8.0303(3) Å,
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= 116.095(2)
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,
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=112.713(3)
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,
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= 64.056(3)
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, and
Z=1. The octahedral coordination of the nickel atom is achieved bytwo nitrogens of the ligand bppz, two chlorideions, and two oxygens from the solvent molecules. The bridgingnature of the chloride ions and the bis-bidentateligands (bppz) leads to a one-dimensional polymer. The compound[Cu
2Cl
4(bppz)]
n(3) crystallizes in themonoclinic space group
C2/
m with
a =13.9124(5) Å,
b = 6.1844(2) Å,
c= 10.1572(3) Å,
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= 112.952(3)
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, and
Z = 2. The copper atoms display a distortedoctahedral geometry where four of the coordination sites areoccupiedby chloride ions and the remaining two by nitrogen atoms of bppz.The metal atoms are bridged by two chlorineatoms and the bppz ligands, forming a two-dimensional coordinationpolymer.