Synthesis, crystal structure and electrochemical properties of [Cu(NPA)2(Im)2(H2O)]•H2O

A novel copper(II) complex [Cu(NPA)(2)(Im)(2)(H2O)] center dot H2O has been synthesized (NPA=N-phenylanthranilic acid and Im=imidazole) and characterized by IR, elemental analysis and X-ray single crystal diffraction methods. It Crystallizes in Triclinic system, space group P (1) over bar with a=0.987 9(2) nm, b=1.075 7(3) nm, c=1.559 7(5) nm, alpha= 104.18(10)degrees, beta = 108.14(10)degrees, gamma = 92.69(10)degrees, V = 1.51339(7) nm(3), Z = 2, D-c = 1.447 g(.)cm(-3), F(000) = 684, R-1 = 0.0280, wR=0.083 1. The Cu(II) ion in the title complex is coordinated with two oxygen atoms from two N-phenylanthranilic acid in monodenate mode, two nitrogen atoms form two imidazole, and one oxygen atom from water, forming a distorted square-pyramid coordination geometry. CCDC: 638653.