Acta Crystallographica Section B

Structural Science

Volume 56, Part 4 (August 2000)

Acta Cryst. (2000). B56, 666-672 [doi:10.1107/S0108768100002056]

Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of tetrakis--carboxylato-bis(dodecylnicotinato)dicopper(II) complexes; crystal and molecular structure of the decyl carboxylate derivative

M. Rusjan, Z. Chaia, O. E. Piro, D. Guillon and F. D. Cukiernik

Abstract: Dodecylnicotinate bis-adducts of binuclear copper carboxylates, of the general formula Cu₂(O₂CC_{n - 1}H_{2n - 1})₄(C₅H₄NCOOC₁₂H₂₅)₂, were synthesized for n = 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20, and their crystal structure, thermal behavior and magnetic properties studied. The molecular structure of the decyl derivative has been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The dimer is centrosymmetric with the Cu^II ions in a square-pyramidal coordination with four O-alkyl O atoms [average d(Cu-O) 1.960 (6) Å] in the basal plane and the nicotine N atom at apical positions [d(Cu-N) 2.183 (3) Å]. The copper ions, 2.615 (1) Å apart, are bridged by four O-alkyl carboxylate groups. Both the n = 20 and n = 18 homologues exhibit lamellar phases, which can be related to the supramolecular arrangement found in the n = 10 derivative. The magnetic behavior of the decyl and octadecyl dimers was studied in the 2-300 K temperature range. They exhibit a strong intramolecular antiferromagnetic interaction (Cu-Cu superexchange coupling constant J = -347 cm^-1 for the decyl derivative), which can be attributed to a large overlap of the metal 3d orbitals and the oxygen lone pair orbitals of the linking carboxylate groups.

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