Descripción: The title complex, aqua(2,2′-bipyridy-N,N′(3-thiapentanedioate-O,S,O′)zinc(II) tetrahydrate, [Zn(C4H4-O4S)(C10H8N 2)(H2O)].4H2O, is mononuclear with a coordination sphere consisting of one S, two N and three O atoms. The Zn atom is linked to a tridentate thiodiacetate ligand, a bidentate 2,2′-bipyridine ligand and an aqua ligand resulting in a slightly distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The molecular units are linked together in the crystal by an extensive hydrogen-bonding network and by intermolecular S⋯S interactions.

Descripción: The three transition-metal complexes, (meso-5,7,7,12,14,14-hexa methyl-1,4,8,11-tetra azacyclo tetra decane-κ4 N)bis (perchlorato-κO)copper(II), [Cu(ClO4)2(C18H40N4)], (I), (meso-5,7,7,12,14,14-hexa methyl-1,4,8,11-tetra azacyclo tetra decane-κ4 N)bis (nitrato-κO)zinc(II), [Zn(NO3)2(C18H40N4)], (II), and aqua chlorido (meso-5,7,7,12,14,14-hexa methyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclo tetra decane-κ4 N)copper(II) chloride, [CuCl(C18H40N4)(H2O)]Cl, (III), are described. The mol ecules display a very similarly distorted 4+2 octa hedral environment for the cation [located at an inversion centre in (I) and (II)], defined by the macrocycle N4 group in the equatorial sites and two further ligands in trans-axial positions [two O-ClO3 ligands in (I), two O-NO2 ligands in (II) and one chloride and one aqua ligand in (III)]. The most significant difference in mol ecular shape resides in these axial ligands, the effect of which on the intra- and inter molecular hydrogen bonding is discussed. In the case of (I), all strong hydrogen-bond donors are saturated in intra molecular inter actions, while weak inter molecular C - H⋯O contacts result in a three-dimensional network. In (II) and (III), instead, there are N - H and O - H donors left over for inter molecular inter actions, giving rise to the formation of strongly linked but weakly inter acting chains. © 2013 International Union of Crystallography.

Descripción: The structures of three new polymeric lanthanide complexes, poly[[bis-(2,2′-bipyridine)-μ4-itaconato-di-μ3-itaconato- digadolinium(III)] tetra-hydrate], {[Gd 2(C 5H 4O 4) 3(C 10H 8N 2) 2]̇4H 2O} n , (I),poly[diaqua-(2,2′- bipyridine)di-μ3-itaconato-μ2-ita-conato-digadolinium(III)], [Gd 2(C 5H 404) 3(C 10H 8N 2)(H 2O) 2] n , (II), and poly-[[bis-(2,2′-bipyridine)-μ4-itaconato-di-μ3-itaconato-di- holmium(III)] dihydrate], {[Ho 2(C 5H 4O 4) 3(C 10H 8N 2) 2]̇2H2O} n , (III), have been solved from twinned specimens. Compound (I) presents a two-dimensional polymeric structure parallel to (011) built up around two independent nine-coordinated Gd centres displaying similar GdO 7N 2 environments, with both N-donor atoms in each provided by a chelating 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) unit. The coord-inating O atoms are from three different itaconate (ita) anions (itaconic acid is 2-methyl-idene-butane-dioic acid). Compound (II) also presents two independent Gd centres (one ten- and the other ight-coordinated), but the overall formula and individual coordinations are different from those of (I). The chemical unit is in this case completed by one bpy ligand, three ita anions (one of them displaying a new, hitherto unreported, mu;3-O,O′:O′,O′′: O′′′ binding mode) and two aqua ligands. The whole structure is built up around a twofold rotation axis passing through both cations, as well as through the centre of the bpy ligand and one of the ita anions, thus making only half of the chemical unit independent. Finally, compound (III) presents a single independent Ho centre, a bpy unit and one and a half ita anions (one of them bisected by a twofold rotation axis) in the asymmetric unit, plus two (disordered) nonbonded solvent water mol-ecules. In compounds (II) and (III), those ita anions bisected by a symmetry element incompatible with the inter-nal symmetry of the ligand exhibit disorder in the C=CH 2 group. © 2009 International Union of Crystallography.