Synthesis, Crystal structure, and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis of a New Mixed Ligand Copper(II) Complex.

A new mixed ligand copper(II) complex, [Cu(2,4-pydc)(pic)(H(2)O)]∙H(2)O (1) (where 2,4-pydc = pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylate, pic = 2-picolylamine) has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and UV-Vis spectroscopic and thermogravimetric methods. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that copper(II) atom in the title complex adopts distorted square pyramidal geometry. Structural characterization also reveals that interplay of O-H···O, N-H···O, C-H···O, and C-H···π interactions between lattice and coordinated water and ligands significantly contribute to the crystal packing leading to the formation and strengthening of three dimensional supramolecular assembly.

A dinuclear cadmium(II) Schiff base thiocyanato complex: crystal structure and fluorescence.

A new dinuclear cadmium(II) complex, [Cd(L)(NCS)]2 (1) has been synthesized using a potentially tetradentate Schiff base ligand HL, 2-((E)-(2-(diethylamino)ethylimino)methyl)-6-methoxyphenol, obtained by the condensation of 2-diethylaminoethylamine and o-vanillin, and characterized by different physicochemical techniques. Crystal structure of the title complex was unambiguously established by single crystal X-ray diffraction which reveals that metal centers are connected by bridging phenolato and chelating methoxy oxygen atoms of the coordinating Schiff bases and embedded in severely distorted octahedral geometries. Fluorescence properties of the ligand and its complex, studied at room temperature indicate that later may serve as strong fluorescent emitter.

Framework solids based on copper(II) halides (Cl/Br) and methylene-bridged bis(1-hydroxybenzotriazole): synthesis, crystal structures, magneto-structural correlation, and density functional theory (DFT) studies.

A methylene-bridged 1-hydroxybenzotriazole derived ligand L [L = 1, 3-bis(benzotriazol-1-yl)-1,3-dioxapropane] has been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic and structural methods. Reaction of L with two different copper(II) halides [CuX(2); X = Br, Cl] in an identical condition yields two different compounds of similar compositions, {[Cu(μ-Br)(Br)(μ-L)](2)}(n)·2nH(2)O (1) and {[Cu(μ-Cl)(Cl)(μ-L)](2)}(n)·2nH(2)O (2), both being characterized by various physicochemical techniques. Single crystal X-ray studies reveal that they appear as 2D coordination polymers with similar bridging fashion of L.