Figure 16
(a) Single `paddlewheel' binuclear cluster in the structure of copper(II) acetate hydrate (hoganite) and (CSD reference: CUAQAC; van Niekerk & Schoening, 1953) and (b) fragment of a coordination polymer chain in paceite, composed of square-planar coordinated Cu2+ (orange plane) and octahedrally coordinated Mg2+ (green octahedra) cations, bridged by pairs of acetate ligands (CSD reference: CACUAC; Klop et al., 1983). |