A one-dimensional coordination polymer based on a di-Schiff base supported trinuclear CuII subunit.

A novel one-dimensional Cu(II) coordination polymer, catena-poly[bis(μ(4)-3-{[2-(3-hydroxy-2-oxidobenzylidene)hydrazinylidene]methyl}benzene-1,2-diolato)dimethanoltricopper(II)], Cu(3)(C(14)H(10)N(2)O(4))(2)(CH(3)OH)(2), (I), was constructed with a di-Schiff base supported centrosymmetric trinuclear Cu(II) subunit. In the subunit, two peripheral symmetry-related Cu(II) cations have square-pyramidal CuNO(4) geometry and the central third Cu(II) cation lies on an inversion centre with octahedral CuN(2)O(4) geometry. In (I), each partially deprotonated di-Schiff base 3-{[2-(3-hydroxy-2-oxidobenzylidene)hydrazinylidene]methyl}benzene-1,2-diolate ligand (Hbcaz(3-)) acts as a heptadentate ligand to bind the Cu(II) centres into chains along the a axis. A centrosymmetric Cu(2)O(2) unit containing an asymmetrically bridging O atom, being axial at one Cu atom and equatorial at the other Cu atom, links the trinuclear Cu(II) subunit into a one-dimensional chain, which is reinforced by intramolecular phenol-methanol O-H...O and methanol-phenolate O-H...O hydrogen bonds. Interchain π-π stacking interactions between pyrocatechol units, with a distance of 3.5251 (18) Å, contribute to the stability of the crystal packing.