Crystal structures of two mixed-valence copper cyanide complexes with N-methyl-ethylenedi-amine.

The crystal structures of two mixed-valence copper cyanide compounds involving N-methyl-ethylenedi-amine (meen), are described. In compound (I), poly[bis(μ3-cyanido-κ3C:C:N)tris(μ2-cyanido-κ2C:N)bis(N-methylethane-1,2-di-amine-κ2N,N')tricopper(I)copper(II)], [Cu4(CN)5(C3H10N2)2] or Cu4(CN)5meen2, cyanide groups link Cu(I) atoms into a three-dimensional network containing open channels parallel to the b axis. In the network, two tetra-hedrally bound Cu(I) atoms are bonded by the C atoms of two end-on bridging CN groups to form Cu2(CN)6 moieties with the Cu atoms in close contact at 2.560 (1) Å. Other trigonally bound Cu(I) atoms link these units together to form the network. The Cu(II) atoms, coordinated by two meen units, are covalently linked to the network via a cyanide bridge, and project into the open network channels. In the mol-ecular compound (II), [(N-methylethylenediamine-κ(2)N,N')copper(II)]-μ(2)-cyanido-κ(2)C:N-[bis(cyanido-κC)copper(I)] monohydrate, [Cu2(CN)3(C3H10N2)2]·H2O or Cu2(CN)3meen2·H2O, a CN group connects a Cu(II) atom coordinated by two meen groups with a trigonal-planar Cu(I) atom coordinated by CN groups. The mol-ecules are linked into centrosymmetric dimers via hydrogen bonds to two water mol-ecules. In both compounds, the bridging cyanide between the Cu(II) and Cu(I) atoms has the N atom bonded to Cu(II) and the C atom bonded to Cu(I), and the Cu(II) atoms are in a square-pyramidal coordination.