Tetra-?-benzoato-bis-[(6-methyl-quino-line)-copper(II)].

ABSTRACT: In the title compound, [Cu(2)(C(7)H(5)O(2))(4)(C(10)H(9)N)(2)], the paddle-wheel-type dinuclear complex is constructed by four bridging benzoate groups and two terminal 6-methyl-quinoline ligands. The asymmetric unit contains one-half of the whole mol-ecule, and there is an inversion center at the mid-point of the Cu?Cu bond. The octa-hedral coordination of each Cu atom, with four O atoms in the equatorial plane, is completed by the N atom of the 6-methyl-quinoline mol-ecule [Cu-N = 2.212?(2)?Å] and by another Cu atom [Cu?Cu = 2.6939?(13)?Å]. The Cu atom lies 0.234?Å out of the plane of the four O atoms. The molecular packing is stabilized by one intramolecular C-H?O as well as C-H?? and ?-? interactions.

SUBMITTER: Yu SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2961840 | biostudies-other | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other