Crystal structure and electronic properties of bis(mepirizole) copper(II) perchlorate. Correlation between the electronic spectrum and CuN4 chromopho…

1985

The crystal structure of the title compound has been determined from single-crystal x-ray diffraction data. The crystals are tetragonal, space group P42212, withz=2 in a unit cell of dimensionsa=b=9.575(2),c=16.135(5) A. The structure was solved by the usual Patterson and Fourier techniques, and was refined by least-squares analysis to an R value of 0.057 for 545 observed reflexions. Two mepirizole molecules are arranged in a flattened tetrahedral manner (average Cu-N, 1.974 A) around Cu, and coordinated through N atoms. The dihedral angle between N-Cu-N planes of the two ligands is 53.6+°. This geometry seems to result from steric interaction between the ligands. The e.s.r. spectrum is axi…