Structures and Electronic Spectra of Aquadiiminebis(succinimidato)copper(II) Complexes with Square Pyramidal [CuN4O] Chromophores (Diimine = 1,10-Phenanthroline and 2,2′-Bipyridine)

• Published in: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 1999-03, Vol.72 (3), p.447-454
• Main Authors: Akitsu, Takashiro, Komorita, Seiko, Kushi, Yoshihiko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0009-2673; 1348-0634
• DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.72.447

Copper(II) complexes [Cu(succim)2(phen)H2O]·H2O (1) (succim = succinimidate, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) and [Cu(succim)2(bpy)H2O] (2) (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) were prepared and the crystal structures were determined by X-ray crystallography. The coordination geometries are found to be five-coordinated square-based pyramidal [CuN4O] for each complex. Crystal data for complex 1 are monoclinic with space group P21/n; a = 9.602(4), b = 12.003(4), c = 17.618(4) Å; β = 100.38(3)°; V = 1997(1) Å3; Z = 4. Crystal data for complex 2 are monoclinic with space group P21/n; a = 9.616(2), b = 11.616(3), c = 15.871(2) Å; β = 90.61(2)°; V = 1772.8(6) Å3; Z = 4. The axial Cu–O(water) bond distances of the present complexes (2.548(5) Å for 1 and 2.673(4) Å for 2) are appreciable longer than those of other square pyramidal trans-[CuN4O] complexes. The diffuse reflectance spectra showing a broad peak at about 17000 cm−1 were analyzed by means of Gaussian curve fitting and angular overlap model (AOM) calculations with respect to dxy, dyz, and dzx orbitals distributing in the [CuN4] basal plane. According to the analyses, transferability of AOM parameters is valid for succim. The ligand field of bpy can be described by the same parameters as py (py = pyridine). However, it is necessary to set a larger π-bonding AOM parameter for phen than that of py to reproduce the experimental results. The reason for this is out-of-plane lone pairs and π-conjugation of phen. The assignment of the one-electron orbital sequences is presumed to be dx2−y2 > dz2 > dxy > dyz > dzx based on the AOM calculations for each complex.