Abstract
A new complex of an isothiocyanato-N,N′-diethyl-N,N′-bis(pyridine-2-ylmethyl)propanediaminecopper(II) perchlorate ([Cu(NCS)(LEt2)]ClO4) was prepared. Its crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffractometry. [Cu(NCS)(LEt2)]ClO4·0.5H2O crystallized in a monoclinic system, and was characterized thus: C2/c, with a = 20.8501(10), b = 17.2174(9), c = 15.0630(7)Å, β = 119.049(3)°, Z = 8, V = 4727.2(4)Å3. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least squares on F2 to final values of R1 = 0.0585.