C. Gack et P. Klufers, A HOMOLEPTIC CUPRATE(II) COMPLEX WITH DEPROTONATED 1,6-ANHYDRO-BETA-D-GLUCOSE (LEVOGLUCOSAN) LIGANDS, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 52, 1996, pp. 2972-2975
The cuprate anion in the title complex, dilithium anhydro-beta-D-gluco
sidato(2-)-O-2,O-4]cuprate(II) octahydrate, Li-2[Cu(C6H8O5)(2)].8H(2)O
, is a homoleptic mononuclear 1,3-polyolato(2-) complex. The ligator a
toms of the levoglucosan ligand are closer together by ca 0.4 Angstrom
with respect to the uncomplexed 1,3-diol moiety of the anhydro suger,
thus exhibiting an enhanced flexibility compared with 1,2-diols.