Synthesis, molecular and crystal structure of a heterometallic Cu(II)–Ge(IV) complex with 2-hydroxy-1,3-diaminopropane-N,N,N',N'-tetracetic acid and 2,2'-bipyridine

Abstract

A novel synthesis method was developed which allows isolating a new coordination compound with polymeric structure {[Ge2(OH)2(3-hpdta)2Cu2(bipy)2]2Н2О}n (І) (where hpdta5– – anion of 2-hydroxy-1,3-diaminopropane-N,N,N',N'-tetracetic acid, bipy – 2,2'-bipyridine) in solid state. Elemental composition, features of thermal decomposition, and molecular and crystalline structure of the synthesized complex were established. According to the data of X-ray diffraction analysis, complex I is a coordination polymer. The polymer chain is formed due to the bridging function of deprotonated ligands hpdta5–, which are simultaneously coordinated with germanium and copper atoms. Ge(1) and Ge(2) atoms have the same coordination environment and distorted octahedral polyhedrons. The coordination polyhedron of Ge(2) is formed due to the coordination of oxygen atoms of two carboxylate and one deprotonated hydroxyl groups of one ligand hpdta5–_1 and carboxylate group of the second ligand hpdta5–_2 in the equatorial direction. In the axial direction, the Ge atom coordinates with the nitrogen atom of the ligand hpdta5–_1 and the hydroxo-ligand. The coordination polyhedrons of Cu(1) and Cu(2) are square pyramids, in which molecules of bipy are coordinated with Cu2+ by two nitrogen atoms. One nitrogen atom and one oxygen atom of the carboxylate group of the hpdta5– ligand are located in the base of a square pyramid. In the apical direction, copper coordinates with deprotonated hydroxyl group of the same hpdta5– ligand. A –-stacking interaction was detected in the crystal between the -systems of bipyridines of two neighboring coordination polymer chains directed along the crystallographic axis a that form double chains with the cavities of 623.04 Å3.