Pyrazine and 2,5-dimethylpyrazine complexes of copper(I) trifluoromethanesulfonate. The crystal and molecular structure of poly-μ-2,5-dimethylpyrazine-(2,5-dimethylpyrazine)-(trifluoromethanesulfonato-O)copper(I)

Abstract

The complexes CuL2(CF3SO3) where L is pyrazine and 2,5-dimethylpyrazine have been prepared by the reaction of copper(I) triflate with the neutral ligand in methanol. Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies on the 2,5-Me2pyz complex are reported. Crystals of the compound are triclinic, a = 9.424(4), b = 12.103(4), c = 9.113(4) Å, α = 110.97(3), β = 117.20(3), γ = 80.26(3)°, Z = 2, space group [Formula: see text]. The structure was solved by heavy atom methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.033 and Rw = 0.039 for 3326 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(1). The structure is similar to that of the pyz analogue involving chains of copper ions linked by bridging 2,5-Me2pyz ligands and monodenate triflate and terminal 2,5-Me2pyz ligands completing a distorted tetrahedral CuN3O chromophore. Mono-pyrazine and -2,5-dimethylpyrazine complexes of the type CuL(CF3SO3) were obtained by thermolysis of the corresponding bis-ligand complexes. These compounds are assigned a polymeric structure involving bridging neutral ligands and monodenate triflate groups on the basis of infrared spectroscopy studies. Electronic spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry studies are also reported. Keywords: pyrazine and 2,5-dimethylpyrazine complexes, copper(I) triflate, crystal structure.