(2,2′-Biquinoline-κ²N,N′)bis(nitrato-κ²O,O′)copper(II)

Abstract

In the title monomer, [Cu(NO(3))(2)(C(18)H(12)N(2))], the six-coordinated Cu(II) atom lies on a twofold axis which bisects one of the ligands (a chelating biquinoline) and duplicates the remaining ligand, a chelating nitrate. The latter binds in a very asymmetric way, consistent with a Jahn-Teller distortion in the coordination polyhedron which, due to the triple chelation, is extremely distorted and difficult to describe in terms of any regular model.

The cocrystal μ-oxalato-κ4 O 1,O 2:O 1′,O 2′-bis(aqua(nitrato-κO){[1-(2-pyridyl-κN)ethylidene]hydrazine-κN}copper(II)) μ-oxalato-κ4 O 1,O 2:O 1′,O 2′<

“…For related structures: see Kelly et al (2005); Bulut et al (2005); Moreno et al (2007); Du et al (2007).…”