Abstract  

A new 18-membered macrocycle Schiff base dinuclear copper(II) complex: Cu₂(NO₃)₄(APTY)₄ (1) (APTY = 1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-4-{[(1E)-pyridine-4-ylmethylene]amino}-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one), has been successfully synthesized by solvothermal treatment of Cu(NO₃)₂ · 6H₂O with APTY. Compound 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 with cell parameters: a = 10.556(2) Å, b = 12.075(2) Å, c = 15.230(3) Å, α = 74.75(3), β = 81.50(3), γ = 70.60(3)°, V = 1762.7(6) Å³, R1 = 0.0493, wR2 = 0.1400, Z = 1, D _calc = 1.455 g/cm³, F(000) = 798, S = 1.009. In the compound molecules, each of the six-coordinated Cu^II atoms are bridged by APTY ligands into 18-membered macrocycle, and each the Cu²⁺ atoms exhibits a significantly distorted octahedral geometry. The crystal packing is stabilized by C–H···O hydrogen-bonding interactions into a three-dimensional supramolecular framework.

Index Abstract  

A new 18-membered macrocycle Schiff base dinuclear copper(II) complex: Cu₂(NO₃)₄(APTY)₄ (1), has been successfully synthesized by solvothermal treatment (APTY = 1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-4-{[(1E)-pyridine-4-ylmethylene]amino}-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one). The six-coordinated Cu²⁺ atom exhibit significantly distorted octahedral geometry. The crystal packing is stabilized by C–H···O hydrogen-bonding interactions into a three-dimensional supramolecular framework.