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Tetrakis[μ3-2-(piperidin-1-yl)ethanolato]tetrakis[chloridocopper(II)]
Mei Luo1, Yong-Hua Huang1, Jing-Cheng Zhang1
1Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title tetra-nuclear compound, [Cu4(C7H14NO)4Cl4], each Cu(II) cation is N,O-chelated by a piperidineethanolate anion and coordinated by a Cl(-) anion and two O atoms from neighboring piperidine-ethano-late anions in a distorted NO3Cl square-pyramidal geometry. The deprotonated hydroxyl groups of the piperidineethanolate anions bridge Cu(II) cations, forming the tetra-nuclear complex. All piperidine rings display a chair conformation. In the crystal, there are no significant inter-molecular inter-actions present. The crystal studied was an inversion twin refined with a minor component of 0.18 (5).
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