Structural Characterization of a [Cl₃CuL]- (L=Nitrogen Base) Species. A Novel Coordination Environment for Copper(II)

Abstract

The crystal structure of [C₁₃H₁₀N] [CuCl₃(C₁₃H₉N)].H₂O(C₁₃H₉N ≡ acridine ) has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods at 295 K, being refined by least squares to a residual of 0.037 for 1942 independent 'observed' reflections. Crystals are triclinic, Pī , a 16.27(2), b 10.080(8), c 7.236(5) Ǻ, α 88.85(6), β 82.68(8), γ 81.12(9)°, Z 2. The metal atom stereochemistry is unusual, being of pseudo-m symmetry; one of the chlorine atoms is coplanar with the copper and the acridine [Cu- Cl 2.237(2) Ǻ, N-Cu- Cl 143.5(1)°], with the other two disposed to either side of that plane [Cu- Cl 2.252(3), 2.243(2) Ǻ; Cl-Cu-Cl 145.62(7)°]. Cu-N is 2.018(5) Ǻ.