Volume 21, Issue 11 pp. 1461-1465
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Preparation, Crystal Structure and Properties of a Pentametallic 3-Ferrocenyl-2-crotonic acid-Bridged Copper (II) Complex

Jia-Xiang Yang

Jia-Xiang Yang

Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230039, China

Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Ze Zhang

Ze Zhang

Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Jie-Ying Wu

Jie-Ying Wu

X-Ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia

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Yu-Peng Tian

Yu-Peng Tian

Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230039, China

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Qing-Liang Liu

Qing-Liang Liu

Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Hoong Kun Fun

Hoong Kun Fun

X-Ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia

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Anwar Usman

Anwar Usman

Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230039, China

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Zbi-Qiang Xu

Zbi-Qiang Xu

Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1B3X7, Canada

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K. Thompson Laurence

K. Thompson Laurence

Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1B3X7, Canada

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First published: 26 August 2010
Citations: 4

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of the copper (II) complex [Cu2(OOCCH = C(CH3)Fc)3(phen)2]CIO4 · 2H2O (1) are reported. The structure of the complex was determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group Pc, with Z =2, a = 1.2799(4) nm, b =0.9969 (4) nm, c = 2.5228 nm, and β = 91.576 (1) °. The cationic part of 1 indicates a penametallic core in which three 3-ferrocenyl-2-crotonic acid salt (FCA) groups act as (O, O') bridging ligands between two copper (II) ions with a square-pyramidal environment. Cyclic voltammetric experiments in acetonitrile have been performed mainly to examine the Fe(II) → Fe(III) one-electron oxidation in FCA and its complex. The variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed very weak intramolecular anti-ferromagnetic coupling. Fitting parameters are 2J = -0.2 cm−1, g = 2.114, and θ = 0K.

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