Synthesis and crystal structures of ternary copper(II) complex containing salicylaldehyde Schiff base and 4,4'-bipyridine

A new ternary mixed-ligand complex [Cu(2)(sal-glu)(2)(bipy)(H(2)O)(2)] center dot (H(2)O) (bipy = 4,4'-bipyridine and sal-glu = salicylaldehyde L-glutamic Schiff base) has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the triclinic system, space group P-1 with a = 9.6199(13) angstrom, b = 9.9111(13) angstrom, c = 9.9167(13) angstrom. The amino acid Schiff base coordinates to the Cu(II) ion in a tridentate mode including phenol-hydroxyl oxygen, carboxyl oxygen and amide nitrogen atom, while the bipy coordinates in bidentate bridging mode linking two Cu(II) ions. The [Cu(2)(sal-glu)(2)(bipy)(H(2)O)(2)] units are linked into 1-D chain structure and the bipy molecules are interspersed into parallel sheets via intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The carboxyl oxygen atoms, phenolic oxygen atoms and water oxygen atoms are involved in the extensive intermolecular hydrogen bond network between the water molecules and phenol-hydroxyl oxygen atoms from salicylaldehyde derived ligand.