Two Examples of Novel and Unusual Double-Layered, Two-Dimensional CuII Compounds with Bridging 1,3-Bis(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propane

Abstract

The synthesis and characterisation of two new polymeric CuII complexes is described, i.e. {[Cu(btp)2(CH3CN)(H2O)](CF3SO3)2}n (1) and {[Cu(btp)2(CH3CN)2](ClO4)2}n (2), in which btp = [1,3-bis(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propane]. Compound 1 crystallizes in space group P21/c with a = 11.9337(15) Å, b = 20.108(6) Å, c = 12.748(6) Å, β = 92.247(14)°, and Z = 4. Compound 2 crystallizes in space group Pna21 with a = 18.770(8) Å, b = 12.648(8) Å, and c = 12.019(8) Å. The structures refined to R1 values of 0.0683 for 1 and 0.0846 for 2. In both structures the CuII ions are linked by the bridging ligands, resulting in two-dimensional networks. Two such curved layers are arranged on top of each other with center-to-center of layer distances of 2.12 Å in 1 and 1.98 Å in 2. Such double layers are separated from each other by 10.05 Å in 1 and 9.385 Å in 2. The space between the double layers is occupied with interstitial anions. No significant interaction between CuII ions is observed by EPR and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The compounds form a new class of a lattice engineered system held together by the CuII ions. – The coordination geometry of the copper ions is distorted octahedral, with the equatorial plane formed by the N4 nitrogens of the four triazole groups and the axial sites occupied by solvent molecules; acetonitrile and water in structure 1 and two acetonitrile molecules in structure 2. The two structures are related by a group–subgroup relationship, which appears to be the first such case in supramolecular chemistry. – The Cu–N vibrations in the FIR region are found at 274 cm–1 for 1, and at 276 cm–1 for 2. The ligand-field maxima are observed at about 16·103 cm–1, with a shoulder at about 12·103 cm–1. The νCN stretching vibrations of the acetonitrile molecules are found at 2303 and 2261 cm–1 for 1, and at 2313, 2294, 2278, and 2260 cm–1 for 2.