Tetrakis(μ-2-iodobenzoato-κ2O:O′)bis[aquacopper(II)]

• Main Authors: Ömür Aydın, Nagihan Çaylak Delibaş, Hacali Necefoğlu, Tuncer Hökelek
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2012-04-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536812010367

In the centrosymmetric binuclear title complex, [Cu2(C7H4IO2)4(H2O)2], the two CuII ions [Cu...Cu = 2.6009 (5) Å] are bridged by four 2-iodobenzoate (IB) ligands. The four nearest O atoms around each CuII ion form a distorted square-planar arrangement, the distorted square-pyramidal coordination being completed by the O atom of the water molecule at a distance of 2.1525 (16) Å. The dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the carboxylate group is 25.67 (13)° in one of the independent IB ligands and 6.44 (11)° in the other. The benzene rings of the two independent IB ligands are oriented at a dihedral angle of 86.61 (7)°. In the crystal, O—H...O interactions link the molecules into a two-dimensional network. π–π contacts between the benzene rings [centroid–centroid distances = 3.810 (2) and 3.838 (2) Å] may further stabilize the structure.