Crystal structures of copper(II) nitrate complexes containing 4,4'-bipyridyl and halogen-substituted 2-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenols

The crystal structures of (mu-4,4'-bipyridyl)-di{nitrato-2,4-dibromo-6-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenolo (1-)copper} (I), (mu-4,4'-bipyridyl)-di{nitrato-2,4-dichloro-6-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenolo(1-)copper} (II), and (mu-4,4'-bipyridyl)-{4-chloro-2-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenolo(2-)copper-nitrato-4-chloro-2-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenolo(1-)copper} tetrahydrate (III) are determined. The crystal structures of compounds I and II contain binuclear complexes, in which each copper atom is coordinated by the singly deprotonated tridentate molecule of the corresponding azomethine, the monodentate nitrate ion, and bipyridyl that plays the role of a bridge between the central atoms. In the structures of compounds I and II, the coordination polyhedra of the copper atoms are slightly distorted tetragonal pyramids. The pyramid base is formed by the imine and bipyridyl nitrogen atoms and the phenol and alcohol oxygen atoms. The axial vertices of the pyramids are occupied by the oxygen atoms of the monodentate nitrato groups. The crystal structure of compound III involves tetranuclear complexes in which the coordination polyhedra of the central copper atoms are (4 + 1 + 1) bipyramids. The base of these bipyramids is formed by the imine and bipyridyl nitrogen atoms and the phenol and alcohol oxygen atoms. One apical vertex is occupied by the bridging phenol oxygen atom of the nearest complex. The sixth coordination site of the first copper atom is occupied by the chlorine atom of the salicylidene fragment of the neighboring complex related to the initial complex through the center of symmetry. In turn, the sixth coordination site of the second copper atom is occupied by the oxygen atom of the monodentate nitrato group.