Research Article: Aqua­[1-(4-carb­oxy­phen­yl)-1H-imidazole-κN3](pyridine-2,6-dicarboxyl­ato-κ3O2,N,O6)copper(II) monohydrate

Date Published: June 01, 2011

Publisher: International Union of Crystallography

Author(s): Fanzhen Kong, Zhangyu Yu.

http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811015522

Abstract

In the title complex, [Cu(C7H3NO4)(C10H8N2O2)(H2O)]·H2O, the CuII ion is in a slightly distorted square-pyramidal geometry. Two carboxyl­ate O atoms and one pyridine N atom from a pyridine-2,6-dicarboxyl­ate ligand chelate the CuII ion, forming two stable five-membered metalla rings. One imidazole N atom from a 1-(4-carb­oxy­phen­yl)imidazole ligand and one water mol­ecule complete the five-coordination. O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the coordinated water mol­ecules and carboxyl­ate groups link the complex mol­ecules into chain-containing dinuclear macrocycles. O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the uncoordinated water mol­ecules link the chains into a layer extending parallel to (10).

Partial Text

For the design and synthesis of compounds with metal–organic supra­molecular architectures, see: Bradshaw et al. (2005 ▶); Tian et al. (2005 ▶); Wang et al. (2009 ▶). For the use of N-containing heterocyclic carboxyl­ate ligands in metal–organic supra­molecular architectures, see: Bentiss et al. (2004 ▶); Yang et al. (2008 ▶); Zeng et al. (2006 ▶). For related structures, see: Li et al. (2008 ▶).

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http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811015522