A new crystalline polymorphic phase of tetrakis(
2-benzoato-
O,
O')-bis(dimethyl sulfoxide)dicopper(II) was obtained by direct synthesis, in space group
P2
1/
n. The copper coordination is in a slightly distortedsquare pyramidal geometry with an intramolecular Cu···Cu distance of 2.6494(8) Å. The Cu-O distancesof the two copper in a dimer are different, giving different chemical environments for each Cu ion. Thecrystal structure is built up of well-separated stacking columns oriented along the
b-axis, with units uniformlyspaced, producing a one-dimensional (1-D) zigzag chain through Cu(II)-S···S-Cu(II) interdimer interactions[S···S separation: 3.975(2) Å]. Magnetization measurements in the range 2-300 K indicate two magneticorderings, at low temperature (
T < 10 K) a weak ferromagnetic ordering is observed, and above thistemperature an antiferromagnetic behavior takes place. ESR spectra at 300 and 77 K of a polycrystallinesample show the characteristic signal of zero-field with
D = 0.354 cm
-1, consistent with a ferromagneticCu···Cu exchange interaction at low temperature.