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Synthesis, Structure and Solvatochromism Studies on Copper(II) Complexes Containing Ethylenediamine, Pyridine and Imidazol Ligands Hamid Golchoubian, a * Omeleila Nazari a and Benson Kariuki b a Department of Chemistry, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Postal code 47416-95447, Iran b School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main College, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK Received June 2, 2010; Accepted December 14, 2010; Published Online January 4, 2011 Two copper(II) complexes type [Cu(en)X 2 ](ClO 4 ) 2 , where en = ethylenediamine and X = pyridine, 1 or imidazol, 2 have been synthesized and prepared on the bases of elemental analysis, spectroscopic and molar conductance measurements. The X-ray crystal analysis of these complexes demonstrated that the copper(II) ions are in square planar environments through coordination by two nitrogen atoms of the ethylenediamine and two nitrogen atoms of two pyridine or imidazol molecules and the ClO 4 - ions are bound weakly above and below of the molecular plane. The complexes show three ions behavior in all sol- vents. The complexes are soluble in various solvents and are solvatochromic. The solvatochromism of the complexes were investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy with different solvent parameters such as DN, AN, a and b using multiple linear regression (MLR) method. The results suggested that the DN parameter of the solvent has the most contribution to the shift of the d-d absorption band of the complex 1 but in com- plex 2 the DN and b have almost similar importance in the observed variation in the shift of the n max values with solvent nature. Keywords: Solvatochromism; Backward multiple linear regression; Crystal structure; Copper(II) complex; Imidazol; Pyridine. INTRODUCTION The investigation of solvatochromic behavior of metal complexes has been of importance, because it provides a quantitative approach to recognize the solvent behavior and the role of the solvent in physico-chemical studies. 1,2 The effect of the solvent on the spectral properties of mole- cules, generally referred as solvatochromism, has been in- vestigated for many years, generating a copious literature. 3 Solvatochromism of metal complexes can be divided into two types; 4,5 the first type comprises the case where the color changes are brought about by the direct attachment of solvent molecules onto metal center, and the second type is due to the attachment of solvent molecules onto ligands. Among the former whose color changes are due to those of d–d transitions, copper(II) complexes with a strong Jahn- Teller effect can be anticipated to show simple and regular changes in their electronic spectra according to the strength of interactions with solvent molecules at the axial sites. 6-8 There are many applications for this phenomenon such as Lewis acid-base color indicator, 9 imaging, 10-13 photo- switching, 14-16 and sensor materials. 17 It has been known that wave numbers corresponds to absorption maxima of the compounds in solvents of used correlate well with the solvent parameters. Various sol- vent parameters such as Dimroth and Reichardt’s E T ,Z Kosowar, Kamlet and Taft’s a, b, p* and Gutman’s donor and acceptor number, DN and AN have been introduced in literature. 18-20 Each of these parameters is related to differ- ent type of interaction exist between compound and sol- vent. The existent dependencies between the spectral shifts and solvent parameters can be verified by computational methods. In this work, which is a continuation of our studies on the solvatochromic behavior copper(II) complexes we in- tend to study the electronic properties imposed by the N–donor atoms of the monodentate ligands pyridine and imidazol on the copper(II) ion of the complexes type [Cu(en)X 2 ](ClO 4 ) 2 (Fig. 1) where en = ethylenediamine and X = pyridine or imidazol. Based on our knowledge such investigation has not been carried yet. 60 Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2011, 58, 60-68 * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

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Synthesis, Structure and Solvatochromism Studies on Copper(II)

Complexes Containing Ethylenediamine, Pyridine and Imidazol Ligands

Hamid Golchoubian,a* Omeleila Nazaria and Benson Kariukib

aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Postal code 47416-95447, IranbSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main College, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK

Received June 2, 2010; Accepted December 14, 2010; Published Online January 4, 2011

Two copper(II) complexes type [Cu(en)X2](ClO4)2, where en = ethylenediamine and X = pyridine, 1

or imidazol, 2 have been synthesized and prepared on the bases of elemental analysis, spectroscopic andmolar conductance measurements. The X-ray crystal analysis of these complexes demonstrated that thecopper(II) ions are in square planar environments through coordination by two nitrogen atoms of theethylenediamine and two nitrogen atoms of two pyridine or imidazol molecules and the ClO4

- ions arebound weakly above and below of the molecular plane. The complexes show three ions behavior in all sol-vents. The complexes are soluble in various solvents and are solvatochromic. The solvatochromism of thecomplexes were investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy with different solvent parameters such as DN, AN,� and � using multiple linear regression (MLR) method. The results suggested that the DN parameter ofthe solvent has the most contribution to the shift of the d-d absorption band of the complex 1 but in com-plex 2 the DN and � have almost similar importance in the observed variation in the shift of the �max valueswith solvent nature.

Keywords: Solvatochromism; Backward multiple linear regression; Crystal structure; Copper(II)

complex; Imidazol; Pyridine.

INTRODUCTION

The investigation of solvatochromic behavior of metal

complexes has been of importance, because it provides a

quantitative approach to recognize the solvent behavior

and the role of the solvent in physico-chemical studies.1,2

The effect of the solvent on the spectral properties of mole-

cules, generally referred as solvatochromism, has been in-

vestigated for many years, generating a copious literature.3

Solvatochromism of metal complexes can be divided into

two types;4,5 the first type comprises the case where the

color changes are brought about by the direct attachment of

solvent molecules onto metal center, and the second type is

due to the attachment of solvent molecules onto ligands.

Among the former whose color changes are due to those of

d–d transitions, copper(II) complexes with a strong Jahn-

Teller effect can be anticipated to show simple and regular

changes in their electronic spectra according to the strength

of interactions with solvent molecules at the axial sites.6-8

There are many applications for this phenomenon such as

Lewis acid-base color indicator,9 imaging,10-13 photo-

switching,14-16 and sensor materials.17

It has been known that wave numbers corresponds to

absorption maxima of the compounds in solvents of used

correlate well with the solvent parameters. Various sol-

vent parameters such as Dimroth and Reichardt’s ET, Z

Kosowar, Kamlet and Taft’s �, �, �* and Gutman’s donor

and acceptor number, DN and AN have been introduced in

literature.18-20 Each of these parameters is related to differ-

ent type of interaction exist between compound and sol-

vent. The existent dependencies between the spectral shifts

and solvent parameters can be verified by computational

methods.

In this work, which is a continuation of our studies on

the solvatochromic behavior copper(II) complexes we in-

tend to study the electronic properties imposed by the

N–donor atoms of the monodentate ligands pyridine and

imidazol on the copper(II) ion of the complexes type

[Cu(en)X2](ClO4)2 (Fig. 1) where en = ethylenediamine

and X = pyridine or imidazol. Based on our knowledge

such investigation has not been carried yet.

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* Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The complexes were prepared readily in high yield

with mixing of Cu(ClO4)2·6H2O, ethylenediamine and pyr-

idine or imidazole with mole ratio of 1:1:2, respectively in

solvent of water and methanol. The analytical data indi-

cated the formation of the desired complexes.

IR spectra

The IR spectrum of complex 1 showed bands at 3270-

3325 cm-1 attributed to the symmetric stretch of C-H aro-

matic of pyridine moieties which is shifted to upper fre-

quency in compare with free pyridine molecule. Ring

stretching bands appear between 1450-1608 cm-1 and out

of plane bending of C-H of pyridine ring appeared at 705-

764 cm-1.21

CH2 rocking and Cu-N stretching vibration mode of

ethylenediamine were appeared about 850-950 cm-1 and

500-610 cm-1, respectively for both complexes.21 The IR

spectrum of complex 2 shows NH stretching at 3366 cm-1

and a band at 3056 cm-1 attributed to the symmetric stretch

of C-H in imidazole groups. The infrared spectra of two

complexes show two intense bands at around 1110 and 620

cm-1 which are attributed to presence of the ClO-4. These

bands are declared to the anti-symmetric stretching and

anti-symmetric bending vibration mode, respectively.22

The former is split with a poorly defined maximum show-

ing the deformation from Td symmetry. It is well known

that the degree of splitting of this band serves as a measure

of the degree of the coordination of perchlorate ions to the

copper(II) ion.23,24

Conductometric data

The molar conductivity values of the mixed-chelate

complex in solvents of nitromethane (NM), dimethyleform-

amide (DMF), methanol (MeOH) and acetonitrile (AN)

were studied. The data are listed in Table 1. The results re-

veal that the complexes are 1:2 electrolytes in all sol-

vents.25,26 Although the complexes are in molecular form in

solid state as X-ray crystal structures indicated they are

electrolytes in solution. That means ClO4- ions are bound

weakly above and below of the chelate planes and can be

driven out by solvent molecules which leading to their

solvatochromism.

Single crystal X-ray analyses

The view of ORTEP diagrams of the copper com-

plexes 1 and 2 are presented in Fig. 2 and 3, respectively.

The selected bond distances and bond angles for the com-

plexes are listed in Table 2. The bond distances Cu(1)-N(1)

in complex 1 and Cu(1)-N(2) in complex 2 are 2.591 Å and

1.991 Å, respectively. This difference is quiet normal be-

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Fig. 1. The copper(II) complexes of [Cu(en)Py2](ClO4)2,1 and [Cu(en)(Imzl)2](ClO4)2, 2.

Table 1. The molar conductance (�m) of the complexes (�-1 cm2

mol-1, at 25 �C) in some solvents

CompoundSolvent

1 2

Standard values for1:2 electrolytesa

Nitomethane (NM) 144 178 150-180Acetonitrile (AN) 234 268 220-300MeOH 204 220 160-220DMF 146 130 130-170a the standard values taken from ref. 26.

Fig. 2. ORTEP diagram of complex 1 with atom labelsand numbering scheme with fifty percent prob-ability.

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cause pyridine and imidazole have different basicity power.

The basicity of free imidazole (Kb = 1.2 × 10-7) is about

hundred times stronger than pyridine (Kb = 2.3 × 10-9).27,28

The five-membered chelate ring in both complexes are

puckered; the torsion angles of N(3)-C(4)-C(4i)-N(3) and

N(2)-C(6)-C(6i)-N(2i) in complex 1 and 2 are 52.14� (18),

51.41� (18), respectively. The copper(II) ion resides in the

plane between the coordinating atoms N(1), N(2), N(1i)

and N(2i) in both complexes. The angle between this plan

and the pyridine plane is 54.21(2)� in complex 1. The angle

between the N4Cu plane and the imidazole plane in com-

plex 2 is 62.28(2)�. The mean Cu-N(amine) distance

(2.016(3) Å and 2.011(3) Å) and the bite angles N(2)-

Cu(1)-N(2i) of 84.34 (12)o and N(3)-Cu(1)-N(3i) of 84.05

(18) for complexes 1 and 2, respectively are close to the

corresponding average values of the copper(II) complexes

with ethylenediamine reported before.29,30 The angles be-

tween two pyridine rings in complex 1 and the rings of two

imidazol in complex 2 are 60.83(2)�, 68.87(2)°, respec-

tively. Two perchlorate ions lie above and below of the cop-

per ion in both complexes; the bond lengths of Cu-OClO3

are 2.591 Å and 2.632 Å in complex 1 and 2, respectively

and hence the ClO4- ions coordinated weakly to the cop-

per(II) ions and can be driven out by the solvent molecules

in solution which leads to their solvatochromism.

It is found that the hydrogen bonding affects the mo-

lecular packing. In complex 1 each molecule links with two

other molecules via intermolecular hydrogen bonds to form

one-dimensional polymer along crystallographic c axis as

illustrated in Fig 4. However, in complex 2 an additional

hydrogen bond also exist between O(4) of the perchlorate

ion and H(3A) of the ethylenediamine of neighboring mol-

ecules. These hydrogen bondings make a two-dimensional

sheet structure along crystallographic c axis as shown in

Fig. 5.

Solvatochromism

The UV-Vis spectra of the complexes show a broad

band at visible region due to d-d transition of copper(II)

ion. This transition is characteristic of copper(II) in the

square planar environment associated to the 2B1g�2A1g

transition.31,32 The position of the �max of the complexes

along with their molar absorptivity and respective solvent

parameter values are collected in Table 3. The Vis spectra

of the complexes in selected solvents are illustrated in Fig.

6 and 7, respectively.

The multiple linear regression used to deduce the

solvatochromic behavior of the complexes. In this regard,

hydrogen bonding ability �, electron pair donating ability

�, Gutmann’s DN, Mayer and Gutmann’s AN were used ac-

cording to Eq. (1). The frequencies of d-d absorption tran-

sition band (�max) of each complexes in various solvents

(Table 3) with their own solvent parameters were offered in

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Fig. 3. ORTEP diagram of complex 2 with atom labelsand numbering scheme with fifty percent prob-ability.

Table 2. Selected bond lengths (Å) and angles (�) for compound 1 and 2

Compound 1 Compound 2

N(1)—Cu(1) 2.019(2) N(2)—Cu(1) 1.991(3)N(2)—Cu(1) 2.016(2) Cu(1)—O(2) 2.632(3)Cu(1)—O(1) 2.591(2) N(3)—Cu(1) 2.011(3)N(1)—Cu(1)—N(1i) 90.12(12) N(2)—Cu(1)—N(3) 176.95(13)N(2)—Cu(1)—N(2i) 84.34(12) N(2)—Cu(1)—N(2i) 89.32(18)N(2)—Cu(1)—N(1) 174.79(9) N(3)—Cu(1)—N(3i) 84.05(18)N(2i)—Cu(1)—N(1) 92.93(9) N(2)—Cu(1)—N(3i) 93.34(13)N(1i)-Cu(1)-N(2i) 174.80(9) O(2)—Cu(1)—O(2i) 177.44(13)O(2)—Cu(1)—O(2i) 178.97(18) N(3)-C(4)-C(4i)-N(3i) 51.41�(18)N(2)-C(6)-C(6i)-N(2i) 52.14�(18)

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Eq. (1) pointed out in experimental section one by one to

the statistical computer program. Specifically, in first step

all variables are reviewed and evaluated to determine

which one will contribute most to Eq. (1). Then the weaken

variable is excluded in the model and process starts again.

The quality of the obtained equations and the percentage

contribution of the calculated solvatochromic parameters

are presented in Table 4. The regression coefficients re-

ported in the table suggest that the DN parameter of the sol-

vent has the dominate contribution (52.3%) in the shift of

d-d absorption band of the complex 1. However, in com-

plex 2 the DN and � are almost similar importance to ex-

plain the observed variation in the shift of the �max values

with solvent nature with relative contribution of 47.5 and

41.4%, respectively using normalized DNN. The negative

sign of the coefficient of the DN in complexes indicates a

red shift as the donor number of solvent increases. The pos-

itive sign of the � signifies opposite function of the basicity

power in the solvatochromism of complex 2.

The position of the band maxima in complexes shifted

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Fig. 4. Packing diagram of the complex 1 containing hydrogen bonding along crystallographic c axis.

Fig. 5. Packing diagram of the complex 2 containing hydrogen bonding along crystallographic c axis.

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to the higher wave number as the donor number of the sol-

vents increases. This red shift is due to the strong repulsion

of the electrons in dz2 orbital by ion pair electrons of the

solvent molecules that are axially coordinated to the copper

center.33 The observed solvatochromism is a reverse pro-

cess so that the removal of the solvent under high vacuum

regenerate the original complexes.

A plot of the �max values calculated using Eq. (1) ver-

sus the �max values observed for complexes 1 and 2 in dif-

ferent solvents is presented in Fig. 8 and 9.

CONCLUSION

The prepared two complexes are soluble in organic

solvents and show solvatochromism properties. Their

solvatochromism were examined with different solvent pa-

rameters models using backward MLR computational

method. The obtained results suggested that the complex 1

correlate well with DN whereas complex 2 shows good

correlation with DN and � (electron pair donating scale) of

the solvents. The d-d visible absorption band exhibits a red

shift with the increase of the donor number (DN) (in com-

plex 1) and DN plus electron pair donating ability of the

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Table 3. The solvent parameter values and the maximal absorption frequencies, �max/103cm-1

(�/M-1 cm-1) of complex 1 and 2 in various solvents

Solvent DN AN � � Complex 1 Complex 2

Nitromethane 2.7 20.5 0.06 0.22 17.63 (81) 17.75 (73)Acetonitrile 14.1 18.9 0.31 0.19 17.38 (55) 17.53 (66)Acetone 17.0 12.5 0.48 0.08 17.08 (49) 16.38 (79)THF 20.0 8.0 0.55 0.0 16.00 (38) 17.33 (66)MeOH 23.3 41.3 0.62 0.9 15.87 (465) 16.85 (64)DMF 26.6 16.0 0.69 0.0 15.26 (49) 16.67 (70)DMSO 29.8 19.3 0.76 0.0 14.74 (55) 16.25 (42)H2O 18.0 54.8 0.47 1.17 15.60 (39) 16.65 (48)

Fig. 6. Absorption spectra of complex 1 in selectedsolvents.

Fig. 7. Absorption spectra of complex 2 in selectedsolvents.

Table 4. The correlation of the electronic spectral with the solvent parameters calculated by MLR technique

Complexnumber

Equation F S.E. R n

1 �max = 18.988 – 0.213 DN + 4.041 � – 0.050 AN + 1.174 �

DN = 52.25%, AN = 13.16%, � = 29.59%, � = 5.00%

5.747 0.545 0.941 8

2 �max = 17.359 – 0.550 DN + 18.689 � + 0.058 AN – 2.447 �

DN = 47.49%, AN = 6.10%, � = 5.10%, � = 41.39%9.359 0.228 0.962 8

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solvents (in complex 2). This behavior was explained on

the bases of the weakly coordination of the perchlorate an-

ions in axial position of the copper(II) complexes in which

are replaced by solvent molecules with different donor

power or electron pair donating ability.

EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

All chemicals and solvents were obtained from

Merck and Fluka and used without further purification.

Caution: perchlorate salts are potentially explosive and

should be handled with appropriate care.

Conductance measurements were made at 25 oC with

a Jenway 400 conductance meter on 1.00 10-3 M samples

in selected solvents. Infrared spectra (potassium bromide

disk) were recorded using a Bruker FT-IR instrument. The

electronic absorption spectra were measured using a Braic

2100 model UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The elemental

analyses were performed on a LECO 600 CHN elemental

analyzer. Absolute metal percentages were determined by a

Varian-spectra A-30/40 atomic absorption-flame spec-

trometer.

Synthesis of complex 1

[Cu(en)Py2](ClO4)2, was prepared by adding pyridine

(8 mmol) in 10 mL MeOH to an aqueous solution of

Cu(ClO4)2·6H2O (4 mmol in 5 mL distillated water) and

stirring for about 1 h at room temperature. To the resultant

blue solution, ethylenediamine (4 mmole) was then added

and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature.

Blue-violet crystals obtained were filtered, washed with

cold water and dried in a dessicator. The yield was 85%.

Single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction studies were

obtained by recrystallization of the complex in methanol.

Selected IR data (�/cm-1 using KBr): 3325 (s), 3270 (s),

2035 (w), 1608 (m), 1592 (s), 1490 (w), 1467 (w), 1450 (s),

1112 (s), 1080 (s), 764 (m), 705 (s), 623 (s), 523 (m). Anal.

calcd. for C12H18Cl2CuN4O8 (Mr = 480.75) C, 29.98; H,

3.77; N, 11.65; Cu, 13.22; found: C, 30.10; H, 3.51; N,

11.51; Cu, 13.27%.

Synthesis of complex 2

This compound was prepared with the same proce-

dure as complex 1 except that imidazol was used in place of

pyridine. The violet crystals were obtained with the yield of

85%. The recrystallization of the complex in MeOH pro-

vided suitable crystals for X-ray crystallography. Selected

IR data (�/cm-1 using KBr): 3366 (w), 3328 (w), 3057 (w),

2935 (w), 1660 (s), 1605 (m), 1573 (w), 1542 (s), 1470 (s),

1443 (m), 1340 (m), 1286 (m), 1264 (w), 1220 (s), 1091

(s), 946 (w), 930 (w), 864 (m), 756 (m), 623 (s), 551 (w).

Anal. calcd. for C8H14Cl2CuN6O8 (Mr = 456.69): C, 21.04;

H, 3.09; N, 18.40; Cu, 13.91; Found: C, 21.31; H, 2.95; N,

18.26; Cu, 13.99%.

X-ray crystallography

A suitable single crystal of complex 1 and 2 were

glued on the tip of glass fibers. The X-ray data were col-

lected by -scans on Nonius BV diffractometer with graph-

ite-monochromated Mo K� radiation (� = 0.71073 Å).

Data reduction, including the absorption correction, was

performed with the HKL DENZO and SCALEPACK soft-

ware package.34 Solution, refinement and analysis of the

structure were performed by using SHELXTL programs.35,36

The structure was solved by direct methods (SIR92)37 and

refined by the full-matrix least-squares method based on F2

against all reflections.38 Geometrical calculations were car-

ried out with PLATON39 and the figures were made by the

use of the ORTEP9940 and MERCURY41 programs. The

complete conditions of data collection and structure refine-

ments are given in Table 5. The H(C) atom positions were

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Fig. 8. Plot of the �max observed against �max calcu-lated from Eq. (1) for complex 1.

Fig. 9. Plot of the �max observed against �max calcu-lated from Eq. (1) for complex 2.

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calculated. All hydrogen atoms were refined in isotropic

approximation in riding model with the Uiso(H) parame-

ters equal to 1.2 Ueq(Ci), for methyl groups equal to 1.5

Ueq(Cii), where U(Ci) and U(Cii) are respectively the

equivalent thermal parameters of the carbon atoms to

which corresponding H atoms are bonded. Refinement of

F2 was against all reflections. The weighted R-factor wR

and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-fac-

tors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The

threshold expression of F2 > 2�(F2) is used only for calcu-

lating R-factors(gt) etc., and is not relevant to the choice of

reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statis-

tically about twice as large as those based on F, and R-fac-

tors based on all data will be even larger.

Method of calculation

All the absorption maxima reported were taken from

experimental curves of d-d transition of the complexes.

Multivariate statistical methods have been used in the clas-

sification and selection of solvents. Empirical parameters

of solvent polarity were used as basic data sets. These pa-

rameters can be obtained directly from literature.43-45 The

extraction of chemical information contained in such a data

set can be carried out by statistical method of Multiple Lin-

ear Regression analysis (MLR). In this method, a depend-

ent variable Y is described in terms of a series of explana-

tory variables X1…Xn, as given in Eq. (1):

Y = Y0 + a2.X2 +….+ anXn + a1.X1 (1)

It is assumed that all the explanatory variables are in-

dependent of each other and truly additive as well as rele-

vant to the problem under study.46,47 Y is the value of a sol-

vent dependent physicochemical property (�max in this

study) in a given solvent and Y0 is the statistical quantity

corresponding to the value of this property in the gas phase

or in an inert solvent. X1, X2, ···Xn represent independent

but complementary solvent parameters, which account for

the different solute/solvent interaction mechanisms. a1,

a2,···an are the regression coefficients describing the sensi-

tivity of property Y to the different solute/solvent interac-

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Table 5. Crystal data and structure refinement parameters for compounds 1 and 2

Compound 1 2

Empirical formula C12H18Cl2CuN4O8 C8H14Cl2CuN6O8

Formula weight 480.74 456.70color Blue VioletTemperature/K 150 299Wavelength/nm 0.71073 0.71073Crystal system Monoclinic MonoclinicSpace group C 2/c C 2/cUnit cell dimension a = 7.6520(3)

b = 17.0720(4)c = 14.0750(7)� = 99.945(3)�

a = 7.5070(3)b = 15.9110(4)c = 14.5140(6)� = 98.964(2)�

Volume 1811.06(12) 1712.44(11)Z 4 4Calculated density 1.763 1.771F (000) 980 924Max. and min. transmission 0.969 and 0.742 0.849 and 0.745Limiting indices -9 h 9, -22 k 22,

-18 l 18-9 h 9, -20 k 20,-18 l 18

� (mm-1) 1.55 1.63Reflections collected/unique 2074/123 1933/114R indices (all data) R = 0.0382, wR2 = 0.0829 R = 0.0540, wR2 = 0.1467Completeness to � = 27 99.6% 99.1%Refinement method Full-matrix least-squares on F2 Full-matrix least-squares on F2

S 1.07 1.04

a R = �||Fo| � |Fc||/�|Fo|.b wR = [(� [Fo

2 � Fc2)2] / � [w(Fo

2)2]½.c S = �[w(Fo

2 � Fc2)2/(Nobs � Nparam)]½.

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tion mechanisms. The postulate is that the solvent effect on

a solute property Y can be represented as a linear function

of some independent but complementary parameters de-

scribing the Lewis acidity and basicity of a given solvent.

The AN and �, values are chosen as a measure of Lewis

acidity. In addition, Gutmann’s donor number DN and �

were chosen as a measure of solvent basicity.45-51 In this ap-

proach, the backward procedure was used for selection of

the most relevant variables. A final set of selected equa-

tions was examined for stability and validity through a va-

riety of statistical methods. The choice of equation suitable

for further consideration was made by using four criteria,

namely, multiple correlation coefficients (R), standard er-

ror (S.E.), F-statistic and the number of variables (n) in the

model. The best multiple linear regression model is one

that has high R and F-values, low standard error, least num-

ber of variables and high prediction ability. In Parameter

selection, variables with small variance t (not significant at

the 5% level) were then removed. t value is the solvent-in-

dependent coefficients divided by SE. To determine the rel-

ative significance of solvent parameters, the regression co-

efficients are described in terms of percentage contribution

value. Eq. (2) could be statistically qualified into percent-

age contribution factor [P(Xi)]. To attain this, the regres-

sion coefficients, which emerge from multiple regression

equations are normalized to numerical range 0-1.52 Hence,

percentage contribution P(Xi) of a solvent parameter in

multiple regression is calculated53 as in the following equa-

tion:

P(Xi) =100

1

| |

| |

a

a

i

i

i

n

�(2)

Comparison of relative importance of solvent prop-

erty can easily be defined using P(Xi), which show a good

agreement between various system under study.

The effects of solvents on the absorption spectra of

two copper complexes were recorded in the range of 13000-

22000 cm-1 using UV-Vis spectroscopy. Thus two equa-

tions were obtained for each probe (the copper(II) com-

plexes 1 and 2) by using multiple linear regression (MLR)

method and SPSS software.54 The role of Solvatochromic

parameters, such as �, �, DN and AN in the above equa-

tions have been studied in the mechanism of the interac-

tions between probe and solvent.55-57

Supplementary data

CCDC 737100 and 737099 contain the supplemen-

tary crystallographic data for compounds 1 and 2 of this pa-

per, respectively. These data can be obtained free of charge

via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html (or from

the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12, Union

Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; fax: +44 1223 336033).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We are grateful for the financial support of the

Mazandaran University of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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