Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, North Bengal University, Dt. Darjeeling, West Bengal 734 013, India
  • 2 Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ; Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 3 Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online, 2014 Mar 1;70(Pt 3):m112-3.
PMID: 24764942 DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814004280

Abstract

The title complex, [Cu{μ3-O2CC6H3(NO2)2-3,5}(μ-OH)] n , features zigzag chains in which successive pairs of Cu(II) atoms are connected by OH bridges and bidentate carboxyl-ate ligands, leading to six-membered Cu(O)(OCO)Cu rings. The zigzag chains are connected into a three-dimensional architecture by Cu-O(nitro) bonds. The coordination geometry of the Cu(II) atom is square-pyramidal, with the axial position occupied by the nitro O atom, which forms the longer Cu-O bond. Bifurcated hy-droxy-nitro O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds contribute to the stability of the crystal structure.

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