Distorted Copper(II) Complex with Unusually Short CF···Cu Distances

Abstract
We find a Cu(II)-(L-CF3)2 complex (L-CF3 = 2,2,2-trifluoro-N-[2-(pyridin-2-yl)propan-2-yl]acetamide) with a distorted “seesaw” geometry. It has the shortest crystallographic CF···Cu distances yet reported, to the best of our knowledge (3 version and one without ligand backbone gem-dimethyl groups suggests a steric origin for the distorted geometry, resulting from the specific ligand interactions.
Funding Information
  • Basic Energy Sciences (DE-FG02-07ER15909)
  • Division of Graduate Education (DGE-1650114)
  • TomKat Foundation