Two copper(ii) complexes were investigated as catalysts for selective oxidation of styrene to benzaldehyde and of cyclohexane to KA oil.

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The title compound, bis[μ-3-ethyl-5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ido]bis[acetato(dimethylformamide)copper(II)], [Cu2(C9H9N4)2(C2H3O2)2(C3H7NO)2] or [Cu2(L Et)2(OAc)2(dmf)2], is a triazolate complex, which contains two 3-(2-pyridyl)-5-ethyl-triazolates (L Et)− in bidentate-bridged coordination modes. Both copper atoms are involved in the formation of a planar six-membered metallocycle Cu–[N—N]2–Cu. The inversion center of the complex is located at the mid-point of the Cu...Cu vector. Each CuII atom has a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal environment formed by the three nitrogen atoms of the deprotonated bridging 3-(2-pyridyl)-5-ethyl-triazolate unit, oxygen atoms of the OAc− group and dmf molecule. In the crystal, C—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains running along the c-axis direction.

In the title compound [Fe2(C2O4)(C8H8N4)4](CH3C6H4SO3)2·2.75H2O, the two FeII ions have a highly distorted octahedral FeN4O2 environment formed by two bidentate triazole-based chelating ligands and a bis-bidentate oxalate bridging anion that connects the metal ions. Stabilization within the crystal structure is provided via a system of O—H...O and N—H...O hydrogen bonding, which determines the formation of a two-dimensional architecture along the a-axis direction.