M. Klaassen et P. Klufers, POLYOL METAL-COMPLEXES .6. STRUCTURE OF LITHIUM BIS[METHYL ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSID-(2,3)-ATO(2-)]CUPRATE(II) TETRAHYDRATE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 50, 1994, pp. 686-688
Methyl alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside is deprotonated twice in the blue crys
tals Of Li2[Cu(C7H12O5)2].4H2O. The sugar derivative acts as a chelate
ligand in the homoleptic square-planar copper(II) complex. Futhermore
, the alkoxide groups of the dianionic rhamnoside either bind to Li or
act as acceptors in hydrogen bonds.