Crystal structure of orthorhombic {bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl](3,5,5,5-tetrachloropentyl)amine-κ3N,N′,N″}chloridocopper(II) perchlorate

DOI

10.1107/S2056989015011792

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

7-1-2015

Publication Title

Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications

Volume

71

Issue

7

First Page

847

Last Page

851

Keywords

Atom Transfer Radical Addition (ATRA) reactions, Crystal structure, Disorder in cation and counter-ion, Four-coordinate copper(II), Hetero-scorpionate complex

Abstract

In the title compound, [CuCl(C17H19Cl4N3)]ClO4, the CuII ion adopts a distorted square-planar geometry defined by one chloride ligand and the three nitrogen atoms from the bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl](3,5,5,5-tetrachloropentyl)amine ligand. The perchlorate counter-ion is disordered over three sets of sites with refined occupancies 0.0634 (17), 0.221 (16) and 0.145 (7). In addition, the hetero-scorpionate arm of the bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl](3,5,5,5-tetrachloropentyl) amine ligand is disordered over two sets of sites with refined occupancies 0.839 (2) and 0.161 (2). In the crystal, weak Cu⋯Cl interactions between symmetry-related molecules create a dimerization with a chloride occupying the apical position of the square-pyramidal geometry typical of many copper(II) chloride hetero-scorpionate complexes.

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