catena-Poly[[copper(I)-μ-2,6-bis[4-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-2-yl]pyridine] hexafluoridophosphate acetonitrile monosolvate] from single-crystal synchrotron data

• Main Authors: Linda Xiao, Mohan Bhadbhade, Anthony T. Baker
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2013-04-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536813006831

The title complex, {[Cu(C21H13N5S2)]PF6·CH3CN}n, was formed immediately on adding together a methanol solution containing copper(I) ions and a methanol solution of 2,6-bis[4-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-2-yl]pyridine. Crystallographic studies of the complex reveal a coordination polymer with the ligand acting as a bis(bidentate) ligand with the pyridine N atom not coordinating a metal centre. The CuI atom is four-coordinate with approximately tetrahedral stereochemistry: the N4 donor set is provided by bipyridine-like moieties of the two heterocyclic ligands. Parallel chains of the coordination polymer run along the b-axis direction with the disordered (0.50:0.50 occupancy ratio) PF6− anions and acetonitrile solvent molecules located between the chains.