Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of (2,2'-Dipyridyl)-(3-methoxysalicylaldiminato)copper(II) Perchlorate and (2,2'-Dipyridyl)-(4-methoxysalicylaldiminato)copper(II) Perchlorate

Abstract

The mixed-ligand dinuclear complexes (2,2'-dipyridyl)-(3-methoxysalicylaldiminato)copper( II) perchlorate (1) and (2,2'-dipyridyl)-(4-methoxysalicylaldiminato)copper(II) perchlorate (2)were synthesized and their crystal structures determined. Both structures consist of a dimeric unit involving a planar Cu2O2 group. In both structures, the coordination sphere of the Cu atoms can be described as an elongated octahedron where the basal plane is formed by the twoN atoms of the 2,2'-dipyridyl molecule and the two O atoms of the salicylaldehyde anion. The phenoxo O atom is the negative ligand of the monomeric unit. Two apical Cu-O contacts complete the 4+2 coordination of the Cu atoms. They correspond to one of the O atoms of the perchlorate anion and to the O atom of the nearest salicylaldehyde molecule. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility data obey the Curie-Weiss law with Θ = -10.3(2) K for 1 and -10.1(2) K for 2. The decrease of the effective magnetic moment from 1.89(7) μB at 300 K to 1.77(7) μB at 70 K for 1 and from 1.88(8) μB at 300 K to 1.76(8) μB at 70 K for 2 and the negative Weiss constants indicate weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the two copper atoms in the dimeric units.