Abstract
A copper(II) compound, [CuL][CuL(OH2)]·ClO4·0.5CH3OH, where L = 1,2-diaminobenzene-N,N′-bis(3-methoxysalicylidenei mine), has been synthesized and characterized by means of spectroscopic methods and single-crystal X-ray structure determination. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Cmc21 with unit cell dimensions a = 17.981(3) Å, b = 17.776(3) Å, c = 14.047(3) Å, V = 4489.8(14) Å3, Z = 4, R 1 = 0.0511, and wR 2 = 0.1267. The asymmetric unit of the compound contains one mononuclear [CuL] unit, in which the Cu atom adopts a square-planar geometry, one mononuclear [CuL(OH2)] unit, in which the Cu atom adopts a square-pyramidal geometry, one perchlorate anion, and one half methanol solvate. The compound was tested for its antibacterial activities to assess its inhibiting potential.
Acknowledgments
The author thanks Dr. Zhujun Zhou of Lanzhou University for collection of X-ray intensity data and Linyi University for supports of the work.