Bright blueCu(Dipica)
2(BF
4)
2crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
n, with unit cell parameters
a =23.406(6) Å,
b = 9.338(2) Å,
c =25.573(7) Å,
= 95.39(2)
, and
Z = 8.The structure was solved by conventionalPatterson and Fourier methods. The
R and
Rw values for 5282 observed reflections were7.06% and 9.10%respectively. Two structurally different complex cations arepresent in the same unit cell, one hexacoordinateand the other pentacoordinate. In the hexacoordinate cation, thetwo tridentate bis(2'-picolyl)amine ligands are
trans-facially coordinated with two pyridine nitrogens andthe two secondary amine nitrogens situated on fourpositions in a plane [Cu-N
pyr = 2.189(6),2.146(6) Å; Cu-N
sat = 2.207(6),2.201(5) Å]. The remaining twopyridine nitrogens constitute the axis [Cu-N
pyr =2.035(5), 2.038(5) Å] in an equatoriallyexpandedpseudooctahedral geometry. The pentacoordinate cation possesses asquare-pyramidal configuration, the twosecondary nitrogens being mutually
cis, with one Dipicaequatorially tridentate [Cu-N
pyr = 2.044(5),2.027(5)Å, Cu-N
sat = 1.995(5) Å]. The other Dipicafunctions as a bidentate ligand, with one of the pyridinenitrogensoccupying the equator [Cu-N
pyr = 1.986(5) Å]and the aliphatic nitrogen defining the axial copperposition[Cu-N
sat = 2.344(5) Å]. Its secondpyridine is uncoordinated but hydrogen-bonded to the coordinated NHofthe other ligand. Solution properties offer no clear distinctionbetween the two cation stereochemistries. Theternary chelates [Cu(Dipica)(Acac)]ClO
4and [Cu(Dipica)(Bipy)](ClO
4)
2are also described.