Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Cu(Ⅱ) Complex with Reduced Schiff-base N-(2-Hydroxybenzyl)-D,L-alanine and 4,4'-Bipyridine

A new complex [Cu2（sala）2（H20）2（4,4＇-bipy）]＇H20 （sala = N-（2-hydroxybenzyl）- D,L-alaninate, 4,4＇-bipy = 4,4＇-bipyridine） has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The complex crystallizes in monoclinic system, space group C2/c with a = 42.44（3）, b = 10.416（8）, c = 15.487（13） ./k, fl = 97.455（14）°, C30H36Cu2N4O9, Mr = 723.71, V = 6789（9） A3, Dc = 1.416 g/cm3, Z = 8, F（000） = 2992, μ（MoKa） = 1.308 mm-1, R = 0.0493 and wR = 0.1004 for 4878 observed reflections （I 〉 2σ（I））. Structural analysis shows that each copper（II） atom displays a distorted square-based pyramidal coordination geometry with two oxygen atoms and one nitrogen atom from one N-（2-hydroxybenzyl）-D,L-alaninate, one nitrogen atom from 4,4＇-bipyridine ligand and one water molecule. 4,4＇-Bipyridine ligand bridges two Cu（II） ions to form a dinuclear compound. The molecular structure is extended into a one-dimensional wavy chain through hydrogen bonds. These 1D chains are further expanded into 2D networks through hydrogen bonds.

A Diphenoxo-bridged Ferromagnetic Copper(Ⅱ) Dimer Based on N-(2-Hydroxybenzyl)salicylaldimine

A new dinuclear copper（Ⅱ） complex, [Cu（L）（py）]2 1 （H2L = N-（2-hydroxybenzyl）- salicylaldimine, py = pyridine）, has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and UV spectra. 1 crystallizes in space group P2 1/n with a = 8.2106, b = 10.715, c = 17.864A, β = 99.365°, V = 1550.7A3, Z = 4, C19H16CuN2O2, Mr = 367.88, Dc = 1.576 g/cm3,μ（MoKα） = 1.422 mm-1, F（000） = 756, the final R = 0.0280 and wR = 0.0746. Complex 1 is a centrosymmetric dimer with two copper（H） centers, two py ligands and two L2- ligands. Each L2- ligand donates its azomethine nitrogen and one of the phenolate groups to one copper（Ⅱ） ion and shares the other phenolate group between the two copper（H） ions, affording a Cu2O2 plane. Each copper（Ⅱ） center has a slightly distorted square pyramidal geometry with a bridging phenolate group at the apex. Magnetic studies suggest the presence of a weak ferromagnetic interaction Via two phenoxo bridges. The magnetic susceptibility data （2-300 K） of complex 1 were analyzed by means of H = -2JS1S2 -DSz. The least-squares fitting of the data to the theoretical equation leads to J = 10.3 cm-1, g = 2.03, D = 0.67 cm-1 and R = ∑（Xobsd -Xcalcd）2/∑Xobsd2= 2.76 × 10^-3.