X-ray structure and spectroscopic characterization of doubly-bridged binuclear copper(II) complexes in symmetric and asymmetric coordination environments

mu-1,3-Acetamide or acetate bridged, symmetric and asymmetric dicopper(II) complexes viz [Cu-2(P1-O-)(NHAc-)](ClO4)(2) (1), [Cu-2(P2-O-)(OAc-)](ClO4)(2) (2) and [Cu-2(P2'-O-)(OAc-)(H2O)](ClO4)(2) (3) were synthesized by employing classic dinucleating ligands; P1-OH, P2-OH (symmetric), and P2'-OH (asymmetric) having trivial differences ill their ligand frame work. Solid state structures of these complexes were determined by X-ray crystallography. In solution, they were also characterized by various spectroscopic techniques, which includes ESI-MS, FT-IR, optical, solution magnetic moment, paramagnetic H-1 NMR and EPR. The solution magnetic moment of these complexes at room temperature suggests a weak magnetic interaction between the two Cu(II) centers. Published by Elsevier Ltd.