metal-organic compounds
κN)copper(II)
of dichloridobis(methyl isonicotinate-aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Zanjan 45195-313, Zanjan, Islamic Republic of Iran, and bLudwig-Maximilians-Universität, Department Chemie, Butenandtstrasse 5–13, 81377 München, Germany
*Correspondence e-mail: monfared@znu.ac.ir
In the title compound, [CuCl2(C7H7NO2)2], the square-planar-coordinated CuII ion lies on a centre of symmetry and is bonded to two monodentate methylisonicotinate ligands through their N atoms and by two chloride ligands. The molecules pack in a herringbone pattern. Perpendicular to [100] there are weak intermolecular C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯O contacts. Along [100] there are infinite chains of edge-sharing octahedra linked through the chlorido ligands
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1. Related literature
For related structures, see: Vitorica-Yrezabal et al. (2011); Laing & Carr (1971); Chen & Mak (2006); Ge et al. (2006); Chen et al. (2011); Ma et al. (2010). For background to isonicotinate, see: Zhou et al. (2006); Bera et al. (2001); Cotton et al. (2007); Tella et al. (2014). For the synthesis of 4-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)pyridine, used in the preparation, see: Kangani & Day (2009).
2. Experimental
2.1. Crystal data
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2.3. Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2011); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis PRO; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2008, 2015); molecular graphics: ORTEPIII (Burnett & Johnson, 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
CCDC reference: 1059032
https://doi.org/10.1107/S205698901500729X/cq2014sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S205698901500729X/cq2014Isup2.hkl
The compound 4-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)pyridine (0.04 g, 0.18 mmol, synthesised by a previously reported method [Kangani et al. (2009)], and copper(II) chloride dihydrate (0.015 g, 0.09 mmol) were placed in the main arm of a branched tube. Methanol (13 ml) was carefully added to fill the arms, the tube was sealed and the reagent-containing arm immersed in an oil bath at 60 °C while the other arm was kept at ambient temperature. After two weeks, green, needle shaped crystals were deposited in the cooler arm. The crystals were filtered, washed with methanol and air dried. Yield 19% (7.0 mg).
All hydrogen atoms were positioned geometrically and treated as riding on their parent atoms (aromatic C—H = 0.95 Å, methyl C—H = 0.98 Å, Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C, aromatic), Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C, methyl)). The methyl group was allowed to rotate along the C–O bond to best fit the experimental electron density.
Isonicotinate is a versatile ditopic ligand that has been used for various applications. The copper(II) isonicotinate (Cu(4–C5H4N-COO)2(H2O)4) coordination polymer has been explored as a sorbent in
solid-phase extraction for determination of trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental matrices [Zhou et al. (2006)]. The incorporation of both dinuclear (M2) and mononuclear (M') units into molecular squares has been achieved by reacting a triply bonded Re2(II,II) complex possessing two cis isonicotinate donor ligands with Pt(II) containing molecules with substitutionally labile cis trifluoromethanesulfonate groups [Bera et al. (2001)]. Quadruply bonded Mo24+ species having isonicotinate ligands bound through the carboxylate group have been designed to act as 'anglers' by luring metal-containing Lewis acids to bind to the N-pyridyl group [Cotton et al. (2007)]. The copper-isonicotinate metal-organic frameworks [Cu(INA)2] (INA = isonicotinate) (MOFs) have been prepared simply by mixing and heating solid reactants without milling. The adsorption of fluorescein dye on the as-synthesized [Cu(INA)2] has also been investigated [Tella et al. (2014)].The molecular structure of the title compound possessing a crystallographic centre of inversion is depicted in Fig. 1. The first coordination sphere of the Cu1 centre consists of two nitrogen atoms, from the isoniconate ligands, at a distance of 2.025 (2) Å and two chlorido ligands at a distance of 2.2962 (7) Å. The various N1—Cu1—Cl1 angles are close to 90° resulting in a square-planar first coordination sphere of Cu1. By coordination of two additional chlorido ligands from adjacent complexes at a distance of 2.9215 (7) Å from the Cu1 centre, the coordination sphere is expanded to a distorted octahedron. The pyridine ring and the Cu1—Cl1 bond are not coplanar, but enclose an angle of 59.00 (9)°. The Cu—N1 bond and the plane of the pyridine ring deviate from coplanarity by an angle of 5.05 (11)°.
The herringbone pattern of the packing of the title compound is shown in Fig. 2. Perpendicular to [100] there are weak intermolecular C—H···Cl and C—H···O contacts with donor-acceptor distances of 3.517 (3) Å, 3.470 (4) Å and 3.298 (4) Å (C2···Cl1, C7···O2 and C7···O1, respectively). Along [100] there are infinite chains of edge-sharing octahedra linked through the chlorido ligands (Fig.3). This structural feature is found in many copper complexes consisting of two chlorido ligands and two pyridine derivatives, e.g. Vitorica-Yrezabel et al. (2011), Laing et al. (1971), Chen et al. (2006), Ge et al. (2006), Chen et al. (2011), Ma et al. (2010). Each bridging chlorido ligand has a short (2.2962 (7) Å) and a longer (2.9215 (7) Å) bond distance to the two adjacent Cu-centers. The bond angle at the bridging chloride ions is 92.03 (2)°. A consequence of the formation of the strands along [100] is π-stacking between adjacent pyridine rings. The average distance between the centres of gravity of adjacent rings is a = 3.7792 Å.
For related structures, see: Vitorica-Yrezabal et al. (2011); Laing & Carr (1971); Chen & Mak (2006); Ge et al. (2006); Chen et al. (2011); Ma et al. (2010). For background to isonicotinate, see: Zhou et al. (2006); Bera et al. (2001); Cotton et al. (2007); Tella et al. (2014). For the synthesis of 4-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)pyridine, used in the preparation, see: Kangani & Day (2009).
Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2011); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2011); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2011); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2008, 2015); molecular graphics: ORTEPIII (Burnett & Johnson, 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: PLATON (Spek, 2009).[CuCl2(C7H7NO2)2] | F(000) = 414 |
Mr = 408.71 | Dx = 1.717 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 3.7792 (4) Å | Cell parameters from 1293 reflections |
b = 29.891 (4) Å | θ = 4.5–26.3° |
c = 7.0139 (8) Å | µ = 1.74 mm−1 |
β = 94.036 (10)° | T = 173 K |
V = 790.36 (16) Å3 | Rod, green |
Z = 2 | 0.50 × 0.05 × 0.04 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur 3 diffractometer | 1617 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1404 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Detector resolution: 15.9809 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.034 |
ω scans | θmax = 26.4°, θmin = 4.5° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2011) | h = −4→4 |
Tmin = 0.775, Tmax = 1.000 | k = −33→37 |
4265 measured reflections | l = −8→6 |
Refinement on F2 | 0 restraints |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.036 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.091 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0388P)2 + 0.6044P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.09 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
1617 reflections | Δρmax = 0.53 e Å−3 |
107 parameters | Δρmin = −0.69 e Å−3 |
[CuCl2(C7H7NO2)2] | V = 790.36 (16) Å3 |
Mr = 408.71 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 3.7792 (4) Å | µ = 1.74 mm−1 |
b = 29.891 (4) Å | T = 173 K |
c = 7.0139 (8) Å | 0.50 × 0.05 × 0.04 mm |
β = 94.036 (10)° |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur 3 diffractometer | 1617 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2011) | 1404 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.775, Tmax = 1.000 | Rint = 0.034 |
4265 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.036 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.091 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.09 | Δρmax = 0.53 e Å−3 |
1617 reflections | Δρmin = −0.69 e Å−3 |
107 parameters |
Experimental. Absorption correction: CrysAlisPro (Oxford Diffraction, 2011) Empirical absorption correction using spherical harmonics, implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm. |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Cu1 | 0.5000 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 | 0.01825 (17) | |
Cl1 | 0.91406 (17) | 0.03090 (2) | 0.71647 (9) | 0.01768 (18) | |
O2 | 0.3701 (7) | 0.17679 (8) | −0.1593 (3) | 0.0414 (7) | |
O1 | 0.1672 (6) | 0.20909 (6) | 0.0994 (3) | 0.0291 (5) | |
N1 | 0.4707 (6) | 0.05771 (7) | 0.3486 (3) | 0.0168 (5) | |
C1 | 0.5365 (7) | 0.05831 (9) | 0.1633 (4) | 0.0180 (6) | |
H1 | 0.6172 | 0.0316 | 0.1070 | 0.022* | |
C2 | 0.4918 (7) | 0.09617 (9) | 0.0505 (4) | 0.0197 (6) | |
H2 | 0.5444 | 0.0955 | −0.0800 | 0.024* | |
C3 | 0.3693 (7) | 0.13491 (9) | 0.1308 (4) | 0.0174 (6) | |
C4 | 0.3076 (8) | 0.13494 (9) | 0.3240 (4) | 0.0188 (6) | |
H4 | 0.2278 | 0.1613 | 0.3837 | 0.023* | |
C5 | 0.3647 (8) | 0.09584 (9) | 0.4276 (4) | 0.0202 (6) | |
H5 | 0.3272 | 0.0961 | 0.5601 | 0.024* | |
C6 | 0.3063 (8) | 0.17503 (10) | 0.0051 (4) | 0.0236 (7) | |
C7 | 0.0886 (11) | 0.24908 (11) | −0.0132 (5) | 0.0384 (9) | |
H7A | 0.3090 | 0.2613 | −0.0577 | 0.058* | |
H7B | −0.0224 | 0.2714 | 0.0657 | 0.058* | |
H7C | −0.0739 | 0.2416 | −0.1236 | 0.058* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Cu1 | 0.0235 (3) | 0.0123 (3) | 0.0184 (3) | −0.00169 (19) | −0.0021 (2) | 0.00175 (18) |
Cl1 | 0.0186 (3) | 0.0170 (4) | 0.0175 (3) | −0.0002 (3) | 0.0016 (3) | −0.0023 (2) |
O2 | 0.0712 (19) | 0.0277 (13) | 0.0274 (13) | 0.0115 (12) | 0.0191 (13) | 0.0092 (10) |
O1 | 0.0465 (14) | 0.0169 (11) | 0.0239 (12) | 0.0100 (10) | 0.0035 (10) | 0.0022 (9) |
N1 | 0.0175 (12) | 0.0144 (12) | 0.0185 (12) | 0.0009 (9) | 0.0002 (9) | −0.0003 (9) |
C1 | 0.0201 (14) | 0.0150 (14) | 0.0192 (14) | 0.0007 (11) | 0.0038 (11) | −0.0031 (11) |
C2 | 0.0220 (15) | 0.0190 (15) | 0.0185 (14) | −0.0010 (11) | 0.0048 (11) | −0.0006 (11) |
C3 | 0.0169 (14) | 0.0141 (14) | 0.0210 (14) | −0.0016 (10) | 0.0003 (11) | 0.0010 (11) |
C4 | 0.0212 (14) | 0.0146 (14) | 0.0211 (15) | 0.0005 (11) | 0.0043 (11) | −0.0029 (11) |
C5 | 0.0242 (15) | 0.0186 (14) | 0.0184 (14) | −0.0006 (12) | 0.0049 (12) | −0.0007 (11) |
C6 | 0.0254 (16) | 0.0192 (16) | 0.0264 (17) | 0.0002 (12) | 0.0023 (13) | 0.0000 (12) |
C7 | 0.056 (2) | 0.0217 (17) | 0.037 (2) | 0.0133 (16) | 0.0034 (17) | 0.0075 (14) |
Cu1—N1 | 2.025 (2) | C1—H1 | 0.9500 |
Cu1—N1i | 2.025 (2) | C2—C3 | 1.382 (4) |
Cu1—Cl1 | 2.2962 (7) | C2—H2 | 0.9500 |
Cu1—Cl1i | 2.2962 (7) | C3—C4 | 1.391 (4) |
Cu1—Cl1ii | 2.9215 (7) | C3—C6 | 1.498 (4) |
Cu1—Cl1iii | 2.9215 (7) | C4—C5 | 1.385 (4) |
O2—C6 | 1.196 (4) | C4—H4 | 0.9500 |
O1—C6 | 1.341 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.9500 |
O1—C7 | 1.452 (4) | C7—H7A | 0.9800 |
N1—C1 | 1.340 (4) | C7—H7B | 0.9800 |
N1—C5 | 1.341 (3) | C7—H7C | 0.9800 |
C1—C2 | 1.385 (4) | ||
N1—Cu1—N1i | 180.00 (6) | C3—C2—C1 | 118.9 (3) |
N1—Cu1—Cl1 | 90.79 (7) | C3—C2—H2 | 120.6 |
N1i—Cu1—Cl1 | 89.21 (7) | C1—C2—H2 | 120.6 |
N1—Cu1—Cl1i | 89.21 (7) | C2—C3—C4 | 118.8 (3) |
N1i—Cu1—Cl1i | 90.79 (7) | C2—C3—C6 | 118.4 (3) |
Cl1—Cu1—Cl1i | 180.0 | C4—C3—C6 | 122.8 (3) |
N1—Cu1—Cl1ii | 90.70 (7) | C5—C4—C3 | 118.7 (3) |
N1i—Cu1—Cl1ii | 89.29 (7) | C5—C4—H4 | 120.7 |
Cl1—Cu1—Cl1ii | 87.97 (2) | C3—C4—H4 | 120.7 |
Cl1i—Cu1—Cl1ii | 92.03 (2) | N1—C5—C4 | 122.7 (3) |
N1—Cu1—Cl1iii | 89.30 (7) | N1—C5—H5 | 118.6 |
N1i—Cu1—Cl1iii | 90.71 (7) | C4—C5—H5 | 118.6 |
Cl1—Cu1—Cl1iii | 92.03 (2) | O2—C6—O1 | 123.7 (3) |
Cl1i—Cu1—Cl1iii | 87.97 (2) | O2—C6—C3 | 124.6 (3) |
Cl1ii—Cu1—Cl1iii | 180.0 | O1—C6—C3 | 111.7 (2) |
C6—O1—C7 | 115.4 (2) | O1—C7—H7A | 109.5 |
C1—N1—C5 | 118.1 (2) | O1—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C1—N1—Cu1 | 120.86 (18) | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C5—N1—Cu1 | 120.97 (19) | O1—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C2 | 122.8 (3) | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N1—C1—H1 | 118.6 | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C2—C1—H1 | 118.6 | ||
C5—N1—C1—C2 | −1.5 (4) | Cu1—N1—C5—C4 | −173.5 (2) |
Cu1—N1—C1—C2 | 174.6 (2) | C3—C4—C5—N1 | −1.3 (4) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −1.0 (4) | C7—O1—C6—O2 | 1.3 (5) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 2.3 (4) | C7—O1—C6—C3 | −178.5 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C6 | −177.2 (3) | C2—C3—C6—O2 | −3.7 (5) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −1.2 (4) | C4—C3—C6—O2 | 176.8 (3) |
C6—C3—C4—C5 | 178.3 (3) | C2—C3—C6—O1 | 176.1 (3) |
C1—N1—C5—C4 | 2.7 (4) | C4—C3—C6—O1 | −3.4 (4) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y, −z+1; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1; (iii) x−1, y, z. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C2—H2···Cl1iv | 0.95 | 2.83 | 3.517 (3) | 130 |
C7—H7B···O2v | 0.98 | 2.53 | 3.470 (4) | 161 |
C7—H7C···O1vi | 0.98 | 2.58 | 3.298 (4) | 130 |
Symmetry codes: (iv) x, y, z−1; (v) x−1/2, −y+1/2, z+1/2; (vi) x−1/2, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C2—H2···Cl1i | 0.95 | 2.83 | 3.517 (3) | 130 |
C7—H7B···O2ii | 0.98 | 2.53 | 3.470 (4) | 161 |
C7—H7C···O1iii | 0.98 | 2.58 | 3.298 (4) | 130 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y, z−1; (ii) x−1/2, −y+1/2, z+1/2; (iii) x−1/2, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the University of Zanjan and the School of Chemistry, Zanjan, and the Department of Chemistry of the LMU Munich for financial support.
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Isonicotinate is a versatile ditopic ligand that has been used for various applications. The copper(II) isonicotinate (Cu(4–C5H4N-COO)2(H2O)4) coordination polymer has been explored as a sorbent in flow injection solid-phase extraction for determination of trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental matrices [Zhou et al. (2006)]. The incorporation of both dinuclear (M2) and mononuclear (M') units into molecular squares has been achieved by reacting a triply bonded Re2(II,II) complex possessing two cis isonicotinate donor ligands with Pt(II) containing molecules with substitutionally labile cis trifluoromethanesulfonate groups [Bera et al. (2001)]. Quadruply bonded Mo24+ species having isonicotinate ligands bound through the carboxylate group have been designed to act as 'anglers' by luring metal-containing Lewis acids to bind to the N-pyridyl group [Cotton et al. (2007)]. The copper-isonicotinate metal-organic frameworks [Cu(INA)2] (INA = isonicotinate) (MOFs) have been prepared simply by mixing and heating solid reactants without milling. The adsorption of fluorescein dye on the as-synthesized [Cu(INA)2] has also been investigated [Tella et al. (2014)].
The molecular structure of the title compound possessing a crystallographic centre of inversion is depicted in Fig. 1. The first coordination sphere of the Cu1 centre consists of two nitrogen atoms, from the isoniconate ligands, at a distance of 2.025 (2) Å and two chlorido ligands at a distance of 2.2962 (7) Å. The various N1—Cu1—Cl1 angles are close to 90° resulting in a square-planar first coordination sphere of Cu1. By coordination of two additional chlorido ligands from adjacent complexes at a distance of 2.9215 (7) Å from the Cu1 centre, the coordination sphere is expanded to a distorted octahedron. The pyridine ring and the Cu1—Cl1 bond are not coplanar, but enclose an angle of 59.00 (9)°. The Cu—N1 bond and the plane of the pyridine ring deviate from coplanarity by an angle of 5.05 (11)°.
The herringbone pattern of the packing of the title compound is shown in Fig. 2. Perpendicular to [100] there are weak intermolecular C—H···Cl and C—H···O contacts with donor-acceptor distances of 3.517 (3) Å, 3.470 (4) Å and 3.298 (4) Å (C2···Cl1, C7···O2 and C7···O1, respectively). Along [100] there are infinite chains of edge-sharing octahedra linked through the chlorido ligands (Fig.3). This structural feature is found in many copper complexes consisting of two chlorido ligands and two pyridine derivatives, e.g. Vitorica-Yrezabel et al. (2011), Laing et al. (1971), Chen et al. (2006), Ge et al. (2006), Chen et al. (2011), Ma et al. (2010). Each bridging chlorido ligand has a short (2.2962 (7) Å) and a longer (2.9215 (7) Å) bond distance to the two adjacent Cu-centers. The bond angle at the bridging chloride ions is 92.03 (2)°. A consequence of the formation of the strands along [100] is π-stacking between adjacent pyridine rings. The average distance between the centres of gravity of adjacent rings is a = 3.7792 Å.