SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF AN IMIDAZOLATE-BRIDGED DICOPPER TRIS(2-AMINOETHYL)AMINE COMPLEX

The [Cu(tren)(Im)Cu(tren)](ClO4)(3) . MeCN complex [tren = tris(2-amin oethyl)amine; Im = imidazolate anion] has been synthesized and charact erized spectrally. The X-ray crystal structure analysis reveals that t he imidazolate anion serves as a bridge to form a noncentrosymmetric d imeric structure in the complex. The coordination geometry about each copper(II) ion is a distorted trigonal bipyramid with three primary am ine groups of the tren ligand forming the equatorial plane. The tertia ry amine group and the imidazolate anion are in the axial positions.