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Copper; Schiff base; π⋯π stacking; Hydrogen bonding; Pseudosymmetry; crystal structure
Abstract:
The crystal and molecular structure of [Cu2(H2valdien)2](NO3)2 (1), whereby H2valdien is the known Schiff base ligand N1,N3-bis(3-methoxysalicylidene)diethylenetriamine, is reported. In 1, two H2valdien ligands join two CuII ions in a chelate–spacer–chelate mode, in which the protonated aliphatic secondary amine moieties represent the spacers, to form a double helix. Both CuII ions in the homodinuclear cationic complex exhibit similar distorted square-planar N2O2 coordination spheres. The axially chiral molecular structure of the [Cu2(H2valdien)2]2+ complex features intramolecular π···π stacking and N–H⋯O hydrogen bonds in the crystal. Compound 1 crystallizes in the Sohncke space group P21, with a = 14.165(3), b = 13.7755(13), c = 21.1185(4) Å, β = 102.199(4)°, and with two enantiomeric molecules in the asymmetric unit (Z′ = 2). The two crystallographically unique [Cu2(H2valdien)2]2+ enantiomers are related by pseudo inversion symmetry.
