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. 2009 Dec 4;66(Pt 1):m14. doi: 10.1107/S1600536809051629

Bis[2-(cyclo­hexyl­imino­meth­yl)-5-methoxy­phenolato]copper(II)

Jian-Ying Miao a,*
PMCID: PMC2980104  PMID: 21579915

Abstract

In the title centrosymmetric mononuclear complex, [Cu(C14H18NO2)2], the CuII ion, lying on an inversion centre, is four-coordinated by two imine N and two phenolate O atoms from two Schiff base ligands, forming a slightly distorted square-planar geometry.

Related literature

For general background to copper complexes, see: Collinson & Fenton (1996); Hossain et al. (1996); Tarafder et al. (2002); Musie et al. (2003); García-Raso et al. (2003); Reddy et al. (2000); Ray et al. (2003); Arnold et al. (2003); Raptopoulou et al. (1998). For related structures, see: Miao (2005, 2006); Wang (2007); Zhang (2004); Akitsu & Einaga (2004); Bluhm et al. (2003); Castillo et al. (2003); Lacroix et al. (2004).graphic file with name e-66-00m14-scheme1.jpg

Experimental

Crystal data

  • [Cu(C14H18NO2)2]

  • M r = 528.13

  • Monoclinic, Inline graphic

  • a = 6.4557 (10) Å

  • b = 11.5170 (17) Å

  • c = 17.074 (3) Å

  • β = 99.138 (2)°

  • V = 1253.4 (3) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo Kα radiation

  • μ = 0.91 mm−1

  • T = 298 K

  • 0.23 × 0.20 × 0.20 mm

Data collection

  • Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) T min = 0.818, T max = 0.839

  • 6860 measured reflections

  • 2727 independent reflections

  • 2232 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

  • R int = 0.021

Refinement

  • R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.030

  • wR(F 2) = 0.080

  • S = 1.04

  • 2727 reflections

  • 161 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • Δρmax = 0.28 e Å−3

  • Δρmin = −0.25 e Å−3

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1998); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 1998); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.

Supplementary Material

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809051629/ci2979sup1.cif

e-66-00m14-sup1.cif (16.3KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809051629/ci2979Isup2.hkl

e-66-00m14-Isup2.hkl (133.9KB, hkl)

Additional supplementary materials: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report

Acknowledgments

The author acknowledges Baoji University of Arts and Sciences for funding this study (grant No. ZK0831).

supplementary crystallographic information

Comment

In the last few years there has been a burgeoning effort to identify the biological activities of copper, primarily through techniques associated with the interface of biology/biochemistry/coordination chemistry (Collinson & Fenton, 1996; Hossain et al., 1996; Tarafder et al., 2002). It appears that the biological role of copper is primarily in redox reactions and as a biological catalyst, although much remains to be understood (Musie et al., 2003; García-Raso et al., 2003). An extensive effort has been made to prepare and characterize a variety of copper(II) coordination complexes in an attempt to model the physical and chemical behaviour of copper-containing enzymes (Reddy et al., 2000). The peculiarity of copper lies in its ability to form complexes with coordination number four, five or six (Ray et al., 2003; Arnold et al., 2003; Raptopoulou et al., 1998). As an extension of the work on the structural characterization of such complexes (Miao, 2005, 2006), the crystal structure of the title new mononuclear copper(II) compound, is reported here.

The compound is a centrosymmetric mononuclear copper(II) complex, as shown in Fig. 1. The CuII ion, lying on an inversion centre, is four-coordinated by two imine N and two phenolate O atoms from two Schiff base ligands, forming a square-planar geometry. The Cu—O and Cu—N bond lengths are comparable with those reported in similar structures (Wang, 2007; Zhang, 2004; Akitsu & Einaga, 2004; Bluhm et al., 2003; Castillo et al., 2003; Lacroix et al., 2004). Both cyclohexane rings adopt chair conformations.

Experimental

4-Methoxysalicylaldehyde (1 mmol, 152 mg), cyclohexylamine (1 mmol, 99 mg) and Cu(CH3COO)2.H2O (0.5 mmol, 100 mg) were dissolved in methanol (50 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h to give a blue solution. The resulting solution was kept in air for 5 d, and block blue crystals were formed.

Refinement

H atoms were placed in idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with C—H distances in the range 0.93–0.98 Å, and with Uiso(H) = 1.2 or 1.5Ueq(C).

Figures

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

The molecular structure of the title compound, showing 30% displacement ellipsoids (arbitrary spheres for the H atoms). Unlabelled atoms are at the symmetry position (-x, -y, -z).

Crystal data

[Cu(C14H18NO2)2] F(000) = 558
Mr = 528.13 Dx = 1.399 Mg m3
Monoclinic, P21/c Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc Cell parameters from 2706 reflections
a = 6.4557 (10) Å θ = 2.4–28.7°
b = 11.5170 (17) Å µ = 0.91 mm1
c = 17.074 (3) Å T = 298 K
β = 99.138 (2)° Block, blue
V = 1253.4 (3) Å3 0.23 × 0.20 × 0.20 mm
Z = 2

Data collection

Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer 2727 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube 2232 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
graphite Rint = 0.021
ω scans θmax = 27.0°, θmin = 2.1°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) h = −6→8
Tmin = 0.818, Tmax = 0.839 k = −14→14
6860 measured reflections l = −17→21

Refinement

Refinement on F2 Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: full Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.030 Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.080 H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.03 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0393P)2 + 0.3443P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
2727 reflections (Δ/σ)max = 0.001
161 parameters Δρmax = 0.28 e Å3
0 restraints Δρmin = −0.25 e Å3

Special details

Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes.
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2)

x y z Uiso*/Ueq
Cu1 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.02741 (11)
N1 0.2825 (2) −0.05099 (13) 0.05759 (8) 0.0279 (3)
O1 −0.02292 (18) 0.11030 (12) 0.08083 (8) 0.0369 (3)
O2 0.2183 (2) 0.44832 (13) 0.22866 (8) 0.0435 (3)
C1 0.3444 (3) 0.13149 (15) 0.12935 (10) 0.0293 (4)
C2 0.1333 (3) 0.17066 (15) 0.11880 (10) 0.0290 (4)
C3 0.0893 (3) 0.27716 (16) 0.15350 (11) 0.0324 (4)
H3 −0.0488 0.3025 0.1492 0.039*
C4 0.2490 (3) 0.34426 (15) 0.19372 (10) 0.0321 (4)
C5 0.4579 (3) 0.30770 (17) 0.20160 (12) 0.0377 (4)
H5 0.5654 0.3543 0.2271 0.045*
C6 0.5013 (3) 0.20248 (16) 0.17120 (11) 0.0350 (4)
H6 0.6396 0.1769 0.1784 0.042*
C7 0.4013 (3) 0.01873 (15) 0.10362 (11) 0.0314 (4)
H7 0.5373 −0.0064 0.1220 0.038*
C8 0.3570 (3) −0.17037 (15) 0.04404 (11) 0.0292 (4)
H8 0.3409 −0.1818 −0.0135 0.035*
C9 0.5849 (3) −0.19822 (16) 0.07803 (12) 0.0344 (4)
H9A 0.6775 −0.1459 0.0555 0.041*
H9B 0.6075 −0.1871 0.1351 0.041*
C10 0.6355 (3) −0.32350 (17) 0.05889 (14) 0.0425 (5)
H10A 0.7792 −0.3409 0.0820 0.051*
H10B 0.6229 −0.3327 0.0019 0.051*
C11 0.4882 (3) −0.40877 (17) 0.09089 (14) 0.0448 (5)
H11A 0.5208 −0.4873 0.0763 0.054*
H11B 0.5082 −0.4041 0.1483 0.054*
C12 0.2621 (3) −0.38098 (17) 0.05739 (14) 0.0455 (5)
H12A 0.1699 −0.4333 0.0801 0.055*
H12B 0.2392 −0.3927 0.0004 0.055*
C13 0.2090 (3) −0.25579 (16) 0.07562 (13) 0.0389 (4)
H13A 0.2194 −0.2461 0.1325 0.047*
H13B 0.0656 −0.2391 0.0517 0.047*
C14 0.0085 (4) 0.48443 (19) 0.23134 (17) 0.0591 (7)
H14A −0.0676 0.4892 0.1784 0.089*
H14B 0.0100 0.5592 0.2562 0.089*
H14C −0.0583 0.4292 0.2612 0.089*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å2)

U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23
Cu1 0.02394 (16) 0.02709 (17) 0.02975 (17) 0.00081 (12) −0.00020 (11) −0.00354 (12)
N1 0.0262 (7) 0.0262 (7) 0.0306 (8) 0.0021 (6) 0.0025 (6) 0.0001 (6)
O1 0.0262 (6) 0.0415 (7) 0.0409 (7) 0.0005 (5) −0.0011 (5) −0.0141 (6)
O2 0.0426 (8) 0.0368 (8) 0.0501 (8) −0.0028 (6) 0.0043 (6) −0.0145 (7)
C1 0.0277 (9) 0.0301 (9) 0.0289 (9) −0.0006 (7) 0.0011 (7) −0.0003 (7)
C2 0.0281 (9) 0.0321 (9) 0.0260 (8) −0.0018 (7) 0.0018 (7) 0.0001 (7)
C3 0.0274 (9) 0.0356 (10) 0.0335 (9) 0.0023 (7) 0.0024 (7) −0.0039 (8)
C4 0.0396 (10) 0.0278 (9) 0.0287 (9) −0.0018 (8) 0.0045 (8) −0.0017 (7)
C5 0.0327 (10) 0.0374 (11) 0.0412 (11) −0.0090 (8) −0.0001 (8) −0.0053 (9)
C6 0.0269 (9) 0.0371 (10) 0.0393 (10) −0.0012 (8) 0.0005 (7) −0.0015 (8)
C7 0.0251 (9) 0.0355 (10) 0.0325 (9) 0.0015 (7) 0.0014 (7) 0.0025 (7)
C8 0.0275 (9) 0.0278 (9) 0.0322 (9) 0.0027 (7) 0.0040 (7) 0.0009 (7)
C9 0.0280 (9) 0.0311 (10) 0.0439 (11) 0.0013 (7) 0.0047 (8) 0.0026 (8)
C10 0.0333 (10) 0.0361 (11) 0.0592 (13) 0.0076 (8) 0.0107 (9) 0.0050 (9)
C11 0.0474 (12) 0.0291 (10) 0.0588 (13) 0.0049 (9) 0.0115 (10) 0.0069 (9)
C12 0.0433 (11) 0.0317 (10) 0.0634 (14) −0.0039 (9) 0.0143 (10) 0.0029 (10)
C13 0.0297 (9) 0.0347 (10) 0.0537 (12) −0.0009 (8) 0.0111 (8) 0.0024 (9)
C14 0.0502 (13) 0.0549 (15) 0.0724 (17) 0.0048 (11) 0.0106 (12) −0.0306 (12)

Geometric parameters (Å, °)

Cu1—O1i 1.8987 (12) C8—C9 1.527 (2)
Cu1—O1 1.8987 (12) C8—C13 1.528 (2)
Cu1—N1i 2.0169 (14) C8—H8 0.98
Cu1—N1 2.0169 (14) C9—C10 1.526 (3)
N1—C7 1.288 (2) C9—H9A 0.97
N1—C8 1.487 (2) C9—H9B 0.97
O1—C2 1.309 (2) C10—C11 1.527 (3)
O2—C4 1.367 (2) C10—H10A 0.97
O2—C14 1.424 (3) C10—H10B 0.97
C1—C6 1.406 (2) C11—C12 1.515 (3)
C1—C2 1.420 (2) C11—H11A 0.97
C1—C7 1.437 (2) C11—H11B 0.97
C2—C3 1.411 (2) C12—C13 1.525 (3)
C3—C4 1.381 (2) C12—H12A 0.97
C3—H3 0.93 C12—H12B 0.97
C4—C5 1.399 (3) C13—H13A 0.97
C5—C6 1.365 (3) C13—H13B 0.97
C5—H5 0.93 C14—H14A 0.96
C6—H6 0.93 C14—H14B 0.96
C7—H7 0.93 C14—H14C 0.96
O1i—Cu1—O1 180.00 (10) C13—C8—H8 107.1
O1i—Cu1—N1i 90.53 (5) C10—C9—C8 110.06 (15)
O1—Cu1—N1i 89.47 (5) C10—C9—H9A 109.6
O1i—Cu1—N1 89.47 (5) C8—C9—H9A 109.6
O1—Cu1—N1 90.53 (5) C10—C9—H9B 109.6
N1i—Cu1—N1 180.00 (11) C8—C9—H9B 109.6
C7—N1—C8 119.69 (15) H9A—C9—H9B 108.2
C7—N1—Cu1 121.37 (12) C9—C10—C11 111.40 (16)
C8—N1—Cu1 118.90 (11) C9—C10—H10A 109.3
C2—O1—Cu1 124.93 (11) C11—C10—H10A 109.3
C4—O2—C14 118.32 (15) C9—C10—H10B 109.3
C6—C1—C2 118.65 (16) C11—C10—H10B 109.3
C6—C1—C7 118.84 (16) H10A—C10—H10B 108.0
C2—C1—C7 122.36 (16) C12—C11—C10 110.27 (17)
O1—C2—C3 118.64 (15) C12—C11—H11A 109.6
O1—C2—C1 122.87 (16) C10—C11—H11A 109.6
C3—C2—C1 118.44 (16) C12—C11—H11B 109.6
C4—C3—C2 120.76 (16) C10—C11—H11B 109.6
C4—C3—H3 119.6 H11A—C11—H11B 108.1
C2—C3—H3 119.6 C11—C12—C13 110.90 (17)
O2—C4—C3 124.00 (17) C11—C12—H12A 109.5
O2—C4—C5 115.23 (16) C13—C12—H12A 109.5
C3—C4—C5 120.77 (17) C11—C12—H12B 109.5
C6—C5—C4 118.93 (17) C13—C12—H12B 109.5
C6—C5—H5 120.5 H12A—C12—H12B 108.0
C4—C5—H5 120.5 C12—C13—C8 111.31 (15)
C5—C6—C1 122.33 (17) C12—C13—H13A 109.4
C5—C6—H6 118.8 C8—C13—H13A 109.4
C1—C6—H6 118.8 C12—C13—H13B 109.4
N1—C7—C1 126.40 (17) C8—C13—H13B 109.4
N1—C7—H7 116.8 H13A—C13—H13B 108.0
C1—C7—H7 116.8 O2—C14—H14A 109.5
N1—C8—C9 116.81 (14) O2—C14—H14B 109.5
N1—C8—C13 107.74 (13) H14A—C14—H14B 109.5
C9—C8—C13 110.43 (15) O2—C14—H14C 109.5
N1—C8—H8 107.1 H14A—C14—H14C 109.5
C9—C8—H8 107.1 H14B—C14—H14C 109.5

Symmetry codes: (i) −x, −y, −z.

Footnotes

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: CI2979).

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Associated Data

This section collects any data citations, data availability statements, or supplementary materials included in this article.

Supplementary Materials

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809051629/ci2979sup1.cif

e-66-00m14-sup1.cif (16.3KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809051629/ci2979Isup2.hkl

e-66-00m14-Isup2.hkl (133.9KB, hkl)

Additional supplementary materials: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report


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