Coordinative Versatility of Guanazole [3,5‐Diamino‐1,2,4‐triazole]: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, EPR, and Magnetic Properties of a Dinuclear and a Linear Trinuclear Copper(II) Complex Containing Small Bridges and Triazole Ligands

New complexes with guanazole (3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole = Hdatrz), [Cu 2 (Hdatrz) 2 (μ-OH 2 )(H 2 O) 4 (SO 4 )](SO 4 )·3.5H 2 O (1) and [Cu 3 (Hdatrz) 4 (μ-Cl) 2 (H 2 O) 4 (SO 4 ) 2 ]·11.4H 2 O (2), have been prepared and structurally characterized. Complex 1 is a noncentrosymmetric dinuclear compound in which the cop-per(II) ions are bridged by two triazole ligands and one μ-OH 2 molecule, with a Cu(1)···Cu(2) distance of 3.4945(8) A. The chromophores are Cu(1)N 2 O 2 O' (square pyramidal), and Cu(2)N 2 O 2 O'O" (octahedral). Complex 2 has a linear trinuclear copper(II) structure, with two crystallographically independent copper(II) atoms. Neighboring copper(II) ions are linked by two tri…