Five coordinate complexes of N,N,N′,N′-tetraethylpyridine-2,6-dicarboxamide with copper Crystal and molecular structures of dichloro(N,N,N′,N′-tetraethylpyridine-2,6-dicarboxamido)copper(II) and chloro(perchlorato)(N,N,N′,N′-tetraethylpyridine-2,6-dicarboxamido)copper(II)

The title compound N,N,N',N'-tetraethylpyridine-2,6-dicarboxamide (DEAP) forms a 1:1 complex with anhydrous CuCl2, [Cu(DEAP)Cl-2], (1) which was crystallized from EtOH solution in the monoclinic space group P2(1/n) with cell constant, a = 10.024(1); b = 13.122(1); c = 14.404(1) Angstrom; beta = 101.31(1)degrees; V = 1857.8(3) Angstrom(3) and Z = 4. The chloro-perchlorato complex, [Cu(DEAP)Cl(ClO4)], (2) obtained in near quantitative yield by reacting (1) with an excess of NaClO4 in EtOH, crystallized in the monoclinic space group P2(1/n) with cell constants, a = 7.965(1); b = 25.827(2); c = 10.046(1) Angstrom; beta = 98.81(1)degrees; V = 2042.2(4) Angstrom(3) and Z = 4. Both (1) and (2) contain 5-coordinated copper linked to DEAP through O similar to N similar to O donor set of atoms with covalently bonded chlorine atoms in (1) and chlorine and perchlorate groups in (2). The coordination geometry is intermediate between square pyramidal and trigonal bipyramidal, and is probably best described as a trigonally distorted rectangular pyramid.