Synthetic, structural and spectroscopic studies of complexes derived from the copper(II) perchlorate/succinamic acid/N,N′-donor tertiary reaction systems

The use of succinamic acid (H2sucm) in Cu(ClO4)2·6H2O/N,N′-donor [2,2′-bipyridine (bpy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (dmbpy), 4,4′-bipyridine (4,4′-bpy)] reaction mixtures yielded compounds [Cu2(Hsucm)3(bpy)2](ClO4)·0.5MeOH (1·0.5MeOH), [Cu2(Hsucm)(OH)(H2O)(bpy)](ClO4)2 (2), [Cu4(Hsucm)5(dmbpy)4]n(ClO4)3n·nH2O ·0.53nMeOH (3·nH2O·0.53nMeOH), [Cu2(Hsucm)2(dmbpy)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2·2H2O (4·2H2O), [Cu2(Hsucm)2(phen)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2·1.8MeOH (5·1.8MeOH), [Cu2(Hsucm)2(phen)2(MeOH)2](ClO4)2·MeOH (6·MeOH) and [Cu(Hsucm)2(H2O)(4,4′-bpy)]n (7). The succinamate(−1) ligand exists in five different coordination modes in the structures of 1–7, i.e. the common syn, syn μ2-κO:κO′ in 1–6, the μ2-κ2O in 1, the μ2-κ2O:κO′ in 1, the μ3-κ2O:κ2O′ in 3, and the monodentate κO in 7. The primary amide group of Hsucm− remains uncoordinated and participates in intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions leading to interesting crystal structures. Characteristic IR bands of the complexes are discussed in terms of the known structures and the coordination modes of the Hsucm− ligands. The thermal decomposition of representative complexes was monitored by TG/DTG and DTA measurements.