X-Ray structure of Cu2(medpco)Cl4, a complex with the potentially binucleating N-oxide ligand N,N′-bis(2-N,N-dimethylaminoethyl) pyridine-2,6-dicarboxamide 1-oxide (medpco)
Abstract
The complex Cu2(medpco)Cl4, with the N-oxide ligand N,N′-bis (2-N,N′-dimethylaminoethyl)pyridine -2,6-dicarboxamide 1-oxide (medpco), does not have the expected binucleated structure; X-ray analysis shows that one CuII ion occupies an ONN ligand site, and is linked by a double chloride bridge to an external CuII ion whose co-ordination is completed by two terminal chlorides.