名称:
Bis(1,3,4-trimethylpyridinium) tetrachloridocuprate(II) and bis(1,3,4-trimethylpyridinium) tetrabromidocuprate(II): an examination of theA2CuX4Fdd2 structure type
摘要:
The title bis(1,3,4-trimethylpyridinium) tetrahalidocuprate(II) structures, (C8H12N)(2)[CuCl4], (I), and (C8H12N)(2)[CuBr4], (II), respectively, consist of flattened [CuX4](2-) tetrahedral complex anions and planar 1,3,4-trimethylpyridinium cations. Chloride compound (I) is a rare example of an A(2)CuCl(4) structure with an elongated unit cell in the polar space group Fdd2. The [CuCl4](2-) anions have twofold rotational symmetry and are arranged in distorted hexagonal close-packed (hcp) layers, which are interleaved with layers of cations, each in a four-layer repeat sequence, to generate the elongated axis. The organic cations stack along [101] or [10 (1) over bar] in alternating layers. The methyl groups meta on the cation ring and the larger of the trans Cl-Cu-Cl angles both face the same direction along the polar axis and are the most prominent features determining the polarity of the structure. Bromide compound (II) crystallizes in a centrosymmetric structure with a similar layer structure but with only a two-layer repeat sequence. Here, symmetry-inequivalent cations are segregated into alternating layers with cations, forming hcp layers of inversion-related cation pairs in one layer and parallel stacks of cations in the other. The change in space group when the larger Br- ion is present suggests that the 1,3,4-trimethylpyridinium ion has a minimal size to allow the Fdd2 A(2)CuX(4) structure type.