Six new copper(II) complexes of formula [Cu(
-cbdca)(H
2O)]
n (
1) (cbdca = cyclobutanedicarboxylate), [Cu
2(
-cbdca)
2(
-bipy)
2]
n (
2) (bipy = 4,4'-bipyridine), [Cu(
-cbdca)(
-bpe)]
n (
3) (bpe = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane), [Cu(
-cbdca)(bpy)]
2 (
4) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), [Cu(terpy)(ClO
4)]
2(
-cbdca)·H
2O (
5) (terpy = 2,2':6',2' '-terpyridine), and[Cu(cbdca)(phen) (H
2O)]·2H
2O (
6) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) were obtained and structurally characterized byX-ray crystallography. Complex
1 is a two-dimensional network with a carboxylate bridging ligand in
syn-
anti(equatorial-equatorial) coordination mode. Complexes
2 and
3 are formed by chains through
syn-
anti (equatorial-apical) carboxylate bridges, linked to one another by the corresponding amine giving two-dimensional nets. Complexes
4 and
5 are dinuclear, with the copper ions linked by two oxo (from two different carboxylate) bridging ligands in
4 and with only one carboxylate showing the unusual bis-unidentate mode in complex
5. Complex
6 is mononuclear,with the carboxylate linked to copper(II) in a chelated form. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds and
-
stackinginteractions build an extended two-dimensional network.
Magnetic susceptibility measurements of complexes
1-5in the temperature range 2-300 K show the occurrence of weak ferro
magnetic coupling for
1 and
4 (
J = 4.76 and4.44 cm
-1, respectively) and very weak antiferro
magnetic coupling for
2,
3, and
5 (
J = -0.94, -0.67, and -1.61cm
-1, respectively). Structural features and
magnetic values are compared with those reported for the similarcopper(II) malonate and phenylmalonate complexes.