Abstract
From the system [Ni(o-van-en) ] — DyBr3, a novel tetranuclear complex [Ni(o-van-en) Dy(H2O)2(OH)]2Br4·6H2O (1) was isolated; H2(o-van-en) was synthesized by 2/1 condensation of o-vanillin and ethylenediamine. Single crystals (SC) of 1, upon standing in methanol/isopropanol mother liquor, underwent a SC-SC transformation and yielded a new solvatomorph [Ni(o-van-en)Dy(H2O)2(OH)]2Br4·MeOH· iPrOH·H2O (2). Both complexes, 1 and 2, were characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and single crystal X-ray analysis. Crystal structures of both 1 and 2 are ionic. Within the bicompartmental unit {Ni(o-van-en)Dy(H2O)2(m-OH)}, the square coordinated Ni(II) atom occupies the smaller cavity (donor set is cis-N2O2) while the octacoordinated Dy(III) atom (donor set is O8) is placed in the larger cavity. The two [Ni(o-van-en)Dy(H2O)2(m-OH)] units are linked by a pair of m-OH bridging ligands. The unit cell content is completed by bromide anions and water (1) or methanol, isopropanol, and water solvate molecules (2).