[(Pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato)copper(II)]-μ-(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato)-[bis(ethylenediamine)copper(II)]-μ-(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato)-[(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato)copper(II)] ethylenediamine monosolvate tetrahydrate

Abstract

The title compound, [Cu3(C7H3NO4)4(C2H8N2)2]·C2H8N2·4H2O, was obtained by the reaction of copper(II) acetate dihydrate with pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (H2dipic) and ethylenediamine (en) in an aqueous solution. All of the CuII atoms in the trinuclear centrosymmetric title complex are six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry with N2O4 and N4O2 environments for the outer and central CuII atoms, respectively. Various interactions, including numerous O—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds and C—O...π stacking of the pyridine and carboxylate groups [O...centroid distances = 3.669 (2) and 3.668 (2) Å] are observed in the crystal structure.