The X-ray structures and spectroscopic and magnetic properties of[tetrakis(
-1-phenylcyclopropane-1-carboxylato-
O,
O')bis(ethanol-
O)dicopper(II)],
1, and
catena-poly[[bis(
-diphenylacetato-
O:
O')dicopper](
3-diphenylacetato-1-
O:2-
O':1'-
O')(
3-diphenylacetato-1-
O:2-
O':2'-
O')],
2, two extended-chain copper(II) carboxylates withdinuclear
paddle-wheel subunits, are reported.
1crystallizes in the triclinic space group
P, with
a = 6.8873(3) Å,
b =11.7367(6) Å,
c = 13.7899(7) Å,
=107.076(4)
,
= 93.545(4)
,
=103.967(4)
,
Z = 1. TheCu···Cudistance is 2.6009(4) Å, and the Cu···carboxylate Odistances are in the range 1.937(2)-1.962(2) Å. Theethanolat the apex forms an unsymmetrical bifurcated H bond to two carboxylateoxygens of another dinuclear unit withO···O distances 2.980(3) and 3.108(3) Å, therebyextending the structure along the
a-axis. The magneticstructureconsists of isolated antiferromagnetically coupled dinuclear copperunits, with a -2
J value of 242cm
-1, inconcurrence with the EPR parameters,
viz.,
gx = 2.03(1),
gy = 2.07(1),
gz = 2.35(1),
A = 0.064(2)cm
-1,
D =0.316(15) cm
-1,
E =0.005(1) cm
-1. The -2
Jvalue is the smallest value measured for dinuclear coppercarboxylates with oxygen-donor ligands at the axial position and noelectron-withdrawing carboxylate R groups.
2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
c, with
a =15.953(2) Å,
b = 5.385(6) Å,
c =28.322(10) Å,
= 120.22(3)
,
Z = 2. The compound containstetrakis(diphenylacetato)dicopper(II) units, forming apolymericstructure along the b-axis by axial coordination of a carboxylateoxygen to copper of a subsequent dinuclear unit,at 2.323(11) Å. The intradimer Cu···Cu distanceis 2.594(4) Å; the interdimer Cu···Cu distance is3.425(5) Å.The -2
J value of 321 cm
-1was interpreted as originated from isolated antiferromagneticallycoupled dinuclearcopper units. The EPR parameters are
gx = 2.07(1),
gy = 2.02(1),
gz = 2.33(1),
D =0.347(10) cm
-1,
E=0.0034(5) cm
-1. The dinuclearsubunits are likely candidates for the catalytically active Cu speciesin copper(II)-catalyzed oxidation of carboxylic acids.