Abstract:This work describes a facile synthesis of 5,6‐dimethyl‐2‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)‐1‐[(pyridin‐2‐yl)methyl]‐1H‐benzimidazole (dppb) and the preparation of a dinuclear copper(II) complex bearing this ligand in a ring‐like conformation of formula [Cu(dppb)(acn)ClO4]2(ClO4)2·4acn (1), where acn represents acetonitrile. The crystal structure of the complex was determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction experiment, which showed that dppb acts as a bridge in 1 due to its bidentate–monodentate μ‐κ2NN′:κN″coordination mode, … Show more
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