Synthesis and crystal structure of a new heteroligand copper(I) π-complex [Cu8(C9H9N3)4Cl6(ClO4)2(EtOH)2] based on 1-allyl-1H-benzotriazole

 

Chem. Met. Alloys 13 (2020) 8-13

https://doi.org/10.30970/cma13.0397

 

Yurii SLYVKA, Àndrii FED’KO, Evgeny GORESHNIK, Marian MYS’KIV

 

By means of the alternating current electrochemical technique a new heteroligand π-complex [Cu8(1-Abtr)4Cl6(ClO4)2(EtOH)2] (1) (1-Abtr = 1-allyl-1H-benzotriazole) has been obtained and characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction. Crystals of 1 are monoclinic, space group P21/n, a = 7.936(3), b = 24.781(6), c = 13.908(4) Å, β = 99.42(3)°, V = 2698.3(15) Å3 at 200 K, Z = 2. A large centrosymmetric fragment contains four crystallographically independent copper(I) atoms, two of which (Cu1 and Cu2) are π‑connected with allylic groups of two 1-Abtr molecules and adopt similar trigonal pyramidal surrounding, including two bridging halogen atoms. The two other independent σ-coordinated Cu3 and Cu4 atoms connect two triazole rings of two 1-Abtr molecules, forming six-membered {Cu2N4} cycles. Within the centrosymmetric fragment the neighboring benzotriazole rings are rotated relative to each other by 178.5(8)°, being involved in π-π-stacking.

 

 

Dimeric [Cu8(C9H9N3)4Cl6(ClO4)2(EtOH)2] fragment in structure 1.

 

Keywords

1,2,3-Triazole / Copper(I) / π-Complex / Crystal structure