Green, purple, blue - [Cu(N-Methylimidazole)n (OOCCH3)2]m, what is in a colour

• Authors: Olaf Kühl , Stephan Millinghaus , Gottfried Palm
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Starting from the paddlewheel complex copper(II)acetate, the green N-methylimidazole adduct of copper(II)acetate is formed and transformed into the monomeric and dimeric N-methylimidazole adducts of copper(II)acetate [Cu(C4H6N2)2(CH3COO)2]n·xH2O (n = 1,2; x = 0, 6). The formation of the blue dimer or the purple monomer depends on the solvent and the presence or absence of water.

Keywords

EN

Copper; Imidazole; Polymorphism; Paddlewheel complex

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 706-711

Dates

published

1 - 8 - 2011

online

4 - 6 - 2011

Contributors

author

Olaf Kühl

• Bioinorganic Research Group, Institute for Biochemistry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, D-17489, Greifswald, Germany

author

Stephan Millinghaus

• Bioinorganic Research Group, Institute for Biochemistry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, D-17489, Greifswald, Germany

author

Gottfried Palm

• Molecular Structural Biology, Institute for Biochemistry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, D-17489, Greifswald, Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-011-0049-z