CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF COPPER(I) CHLORIDE PI-COMPLEXES WITH DIALLYLAMINE - (C6H12N)2CU7CL9-CENTER-DOT-H2O AND 2CUCL-CENTER-DOT-C6H11N

For the first time we have synthesized and studied by X-ray structural analysis two novel copper(I) chloride pi-complexes with diallylamine (DAA): [H(DAA)]2Cu7Cl9.H2O (D) and 2CuCl.DAA (E). Compound D is isostr uctural to the complex [H(DAA)]2Cu7Br9.H2O studied earlier: space grou p Pnam, a = 15.934(8), b = 14.817(6), c = 11.368(6) angstrom, V = 2684 (4) angstrom3, and Z = 4 for [(C6H12N)2 Cu7Cl9.H2O]. Crystals E are tr iclinic: space group P1BAR, a = 7.373(2), b = 9.743(4), c = 11.351(8) angstrom, alpha = 84.05(4), beta = 101.26(4), gamma = 103.31(3)degrees V = 914(2) angstrom3, and Z = 2 for [Cu4Cl4.(C6H11N)2]. The layers of the structure are formed by combining the armchair-shaped cycles Cu4C l4 via the tridentate DAA molecules.