C 48H64CuN18O8,t riclinic, P1 (no. 2), a =7.133(1) Å, b =13.718(2) Å, c =14.136(2) Å, a =88.425(2)°, b =78.528(2)°, g =87.390(2)°, V =1354.0 Å 3 , Z =1, R gt (F) O(0.200 g, 1mmol) and NITpPy (0.468 g, 2 .mmol). The mixture was stirred for 4hand then filtered. The black filtrate was allowed to stand at room temperature. Black crystals suitable for X-ray analysis were obtained after one week.
DiscussionThe design and synthesis of transition metal complexes with organic free radicals is one of the major challenges in the field of molecular magnetic materials [2,3]. Nitronyl nitroxide radicals (NITR), stable organic radicals, have been widely employed as molecular units in the design and synthesis of molecular magnetic materials [4,5]. However, because NITRs are poor electrondonor ligands, their coordination ability is limited. Meanwhile, the azide anion is av ersatile ligand that can link to transitionmetal atoms with different coordination modes. Therefore, to proove advantage of the abilities of both nitronyl nitroxide radicals and the azide anions to coordinate transition metals, we synthesized the metal-radical complex [Cu(NITpPy) 4(N3)2].In the title crystal structure, the metal ion lies on an inversion center and adopts adistorted octahedral environment. It is bonded to four nitrogen atoms of the pyridyl groups in addition to two azido ligands. The two Natoms of the azide groups and the two Natoms of the radical ligands occupy the equatorial positions. The Cu-N bond lengths are 1.993 (2)