Synthesis and characterization of dinuclear copper(II) complexes of the dinucleating ligand 2,6-bis[(bis((1-methylimidazol-2-yl)methyl)amino)methyl]-4-methylphenol

The synthesis, crystal structures, and magnetic and spectroscopic properties are reported for a series of dinuclear copper (II) complexes of the novel dinucleating polyimidazole ligand 2,6-bis [(bis((1-methylimidazol-2-yl)methyl)amino)methyl]-4-methylphenol (Hbimp). The copper complexes have both «open» ([Cu 2 (bimp)(H 2 O) 2 ](ClO 4 ) 3 and [Cu 2 (bimp)(CH 3 OH) 2 ](ClO 4 ) 3 ) and «closed» ([Cu 2 (bimp)(OCH 3 )](ClO 4 ) 2 and [Cu 2 (bimp)(N 3 )](ClO 4 ) 2 ) type structures. X-ray crystal structures of complexes