Synthesis, spectral and magnetic properties of two different 2-nitrobenzoatocopper(II) complexes containing N,N-diethylnicotinamide

Abstract Two structurally different complexes, [Cu2(2-NO2Bz)4(denia)1]n (1) and [Cu(2-NO2Bz)2(denia)2(H2O)2] (2), were prepared from the same reaction (where 2-NO2Bz = 2-nitrobenzoate, denia = N,N-diethylnicotinamide) and they are reported together with [Cu2(2-NO2Bz)4(DMF)2] (3) (DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide). The compounds under study were characterized by elemental analysis, electronic, IR and EPR spectra, magnetic measurements over the temperature range of 1.8–300 K and X-ray analysis. The molecular structure of (1) is polymeric, (2) is monomeric and (3) is dimeric. In the polymeric chain of (1), the denia molecules serve as bridges between dimeric Cu2(2-NO2bz)4 units. Each Cu(II) atom ha…