Salts of ammonium-crown ether supramolecular cation with bis(maleonitriledithiolato)copperate(II): Crystal structures, magnetic susceptibilities, single crystal EPR spectra and DFT calculation

Lili Wen, Yunxia Sui, Xiaoming Ren, Zhaoping Ni, Dongbin Dang, Yizhi Li, Qingjin Meng, Song Gao

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Abstract

Two salts consisting of ammonium-crown ether supramolecular cation with bis(maleonitriledithiolato)copperate (II), (NH4)2(15- crown-5)3[Cu(mnt)2] (1) and (NH4) 2(benzo-15-crown-5)4[Cu(mnt)2] • 0.5H 2O (2), have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The distinct structures of supramolecular cation, an unusual triple-decker dication in 1 and a sandwich dimer in 2, were observed. X-band EPR studies on the single crystals of both 1 and 2 have been carried out at room temperature, which revealed that 1 possesses a single resonance line whereas 2 shows a perfect hyperfine structure. The spin-density distribution in the anionic moiety of 2 is calculated on DFT method and compared well with the experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3841-3848
Number of pages8
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume358
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bis(maleonitriledithiolato)copperate
  • Crown ether
  • DFT calculation
  • H-bonding interaction
  • Single crystal EPR
  • Supramolecular cation

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