Crystal Structural of Phenanthroline and Thiocyanate Copper(II) Complex

Abstract

A novel copper complex [Cu(phen)₂(SCN)₂] has been synthesized, with the 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and the thiocyanate (SCN^–) as ligands and characterized by IR spectra and single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements. The crystal is orthorhombic, space group Pbcn with unit cell parameters: a =13.2449(15) Å, b = 10.0566(9) Å, c = 17.4257(16) Å, a = 90º, b = 90º, g = 90º, V = 2321.1(4) ų, Z = 4, M_r = 540.11, D_c = 1.546 Mg/cm³, μ = 1.150 mm^-1, F₍₀₀₀₎ =1100, T = 298(2) K, R = 0.0358, wR = 0.0803 for 8958 reflections with I > 2s(I). In the molecular structure unit, copper(II) cation is coordinated by six donor atoms.