Synthesis and Structure of [Cu(OH)2(H2O)2(4-C5H4N-COOH)2]

The hydrothermal reaction of isonicotinic acid (4-C5H4N-COOH), Cu(ClO4)(2). 6H(2)O and water at 170 degreesC gave the title compound, [Cu(OH)(2)(H2O)(2)(4-C5H4N-COOH)(2)] (1), which was analyzed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, The complex crystallizes in triclinic space group PY with unit cell parameters: a = 6.337(2), b = 6.894(3), c = 9.178(3). alpha = 99.40(3), beta = 105.26(3), gamma 108.17(5)degrees, V = 354.1(2)Angstrom (3), Z = 1, C12H16CuN2O8, M-r = 379.81, D-c = 1.791 Mg/m(3), F(000) 197, mu (MoK alpha) = 1.589 mm(-1). The final R and wR are 0.068 and 0.170 for 1249 observed reflections with I greater than or equal to2 sigma (I). The central copper ion is in a distorted octahedron geometry completed by two nitrogen atoms from carboxylic ligand, two oxygen atoms from hydroxyl groups and two oxygen atoms from coordinated water molecules. The intermolecular hydrogen bonding leads to the formation of a three-dimensional supramolecular structure.