{N,N′-[2,2′-(Ethane-1,2-diyldisulfanediyl)di-o-phenyl-ene] bis-(quinoline-2-carboxamidato)}copper(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C34H24N4O 2S2)] or [Cu(bqdapte)], where H2bqdapte is 1,2-{bis-[2-(quinoline-2-carboxamido)-phen-yl]sulfan-yl}ethane, the Cu II ion is coordinated to the dianionic hexa-dentate bqdapte 2- ligand by two amide and two quinoline N atoms and two thio-ether S atoms. In the observed conformation of the hexa-dentate ligand, the quinoline rings attain positions related by a twofold axis. The Cu atom displays a Jahn-Teller-distorted octa-hedral CuN4S2 geometry axially compressed along the two trans-configured Cu - Namidate bonds.