摘要:
The title complex, [Cu(C6H8N2)(2)](BF4)(2), is the first in a series where the phenylenediamine collar restricts the flipping' of the chelate ring C atoms, which is the mechanism responsible for the thermochromic transition in N,N-diethylethylenediamine complexes. The Cu-II ion has tetragonally distorted octahedral geometry, with four short equatorial Cu-N bonds [2.023(3) and 1.990(3) Angstrom] and two long mutually trans axial Cu...F interactions [2.546(2) Angstrom]. The features of the molecular packing, namely the shorter metal-to-anion contacts and the stronger N-H...F hydrogen bonds compared with those in the thermochromic analogues, seem to be associated with non-thermochromic behaviour.