Diaquatetra-kis(μ-3-meth-oxy-benzoato-κ2 O 1:O 1')dicopper(II)
Bikshandarkoil R Srinivasan1, Pooja H Bhargao1, P K Sudhadevi2
1School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Goa 403206, India.
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the binuclear title compound, [Cu2(C8H7O3)4(H2O)2], comprises two halves of diaquatetra-kis-(μ-3-meth-oxy-benzoato-κ2 O 1:O 1')dicopper(II) units. The paddle-wheel structure of each complex is completed by application of inversion symmetry, with the inversion centre situated at the midpoint between two CuII atoms in each dimer. The two CuII atoms of each centrosymmetric dimer are bridged by four 3-meth-oxy-benzoate anions resulting in Cu⋯Cu separations of 2.5961 (11) and 2.6060 (12) Å, respectively. The square-pyramidal coordination sphere of each CuII atom is completed by an apical water mol-ecule. Inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds of weak nature link the complexes into layers parallel to (100). The three-dimensional network structure is accomplished by C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds inter-linking adjacent layers.
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