摘要

Using pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxylic acid (H(3)ptc) and 2,2-bipyridine (2,2-bipy), a tetranuclear copper(II) compound [Cu-4(2,2-bipy)(4)(ptc)(2)(H2O)(2)(OH)(2)] center dot 12H(2)O (1) has been isolated under hydrothermal conditions. Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility of 1 from 2-300 K indicates anti-ferromagnetic interactions. The magnetic exchange coupling constants of J = -159.4 and J' = -18.66 cm(-1) for 1 can be obtained through fit of the magnetic data, corresponding to two kinds of bridges, hydroxyl anions (OH-) and pyridine carboxylate oxygen of ptc3-. Moreover, decameric water clusters can also be observed, which are located between these tetranuclear copper(II) entities, forming a series of intricate O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds and stabilizing the resulting three-dimensional (3-D) hydrogen-bonded framework structure.