A two-dimensional copper(I) polymer containing both molecular rod and anionic bridges: synthesis and crystal structure of (µ-chloro)-(µ-pyrazine)copper(I)
The crystal structure of bright-red crystals of the bidimensional polynuclear diamagnetic (µ-chloro)(µ-pyrazine)copper(I) complex has been analyzed from X-ray diffraction data. The structure was solved by the heavy-atom method. Full-matrix least-squares refinement based on 673 reflections with F > 4σ(F) converged to a final R = 0.043 and Rw = 0.048. Crystals of this complex are monoclinic, space group P2/c, a = 3.814(1), b = 6.356(1) and c = 11.497(5) Å; β = 96.04(2)°, Z = 2. The structure consists of planes of copper(I) atoms linked by pyrazine and Cl− bridges, each Cu(I) being in a distorted tetrahedral environment formed by two chloride ions and two nitrogen atoms belonging to two pyrazine molecules, with bond distances of Cu—Cl = 2.349(1) and Cu—N = 2.038(4) Å. Vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of the title compound is also reported. Keywords: two-dimensional copper(I)–pyrazine complexes.