A mixed bridged trinuclear copper(II) complex with diethylaminoethanolato and 3-methylbenzoato ligands

Article abstract of DOI:10.1107/S0108270191001701

Bis[μ-2-(diethylamino)ethanolato-O,N]- bis(methanol)-bis(μ-3- methylbenzoato-O,O')-bis(3- methylbenzoato-O)-tricopper(II), [Cu ₃(C₆H₁₄NO)₂ - (C₈H ₇O₂)₄ (CH₄O)₂], M _r = 1027·6, monoclinic, P2₁/c, a = 8·302 (2), b = 30·794 (8), c = 10·688 (3) A, β = 110·12 (1)°, V= 2565· 7 A³, Z= 2, D _x = 1·330 Mg m^-3, λ(Mo Kα) = 0·71073 A, μ = 1·231 mm^-1, F(000) = 1074, T= 297 K. Final R = 0·059 for 3145 independent reflections [F_o > 2σ(F_o)]. Linear Cu₃ arrangement; adjacent copper centres are bridged by a bidentate carboxylato group and an aminoethanolato oxygen atom.