ABSTRACT
The compounds poly[di-mu(4)-succinato-mu(2)-1,2-di-4-pyridylethane-dicopper(II)], [Cu(2)(C(4)H(4)O(4))(2)(C(12)H(12)N(2))](n), (I), and poly[di-mu(4)-succinato-mu(2)-1,3-di-4-pyridylpropane-dicopper(II)], [Cu(2)(C(4)H(4)O(4))(2)(C(13)H(14)N(2))](n), (II), exhibit polymeric structures with the dicopper units doubly bridged by bis-bidentate succinate groups and crosslinked by the separator bis(pyridyl) molecules. In (I), the molecule exhibits a centre of inversion located midway between the core Cu-dimer atoms and another that relates half of the bis(pyridyl)ethane ligand to the other half. Compound (II) has a similar molecular packing but with a doubled lattice constant and noncentrosymmetric core units. An antiferromagnetic interaction due to the dinuclear copper units was deduced from magnetic subsceptibility measurements, and spin triplet signals were detected in the electron paramagnetic resonance spectra for both compounds.
