Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Spectroscopic Studies of a Mixed Ligand Copper(II) Complex: Trans-Bis(succinimidato)

Abstract

The molecules of the title compound, [Cu(C<inf>11</inf>H<inf>13</inf>N <inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf>)<inf>2</inf>], lie across centres of inversion in space group P2<inf>1</inf>/c and are linked by intermolecular N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The central Cu atom has a slightly distorted square-planar coordination comprised of four N atoms. Cu-N bond distances are 1.975(2) and 2.020(2) Å. The interplanar angle between the phenyl and succinimidato ring is 87.34(10)°. © 2006 Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung.