Mono- and poly-nuclear copper(II) carboxylates with flourous ligands: Synthesis, structure and improved properties

Polynuclear copper(II) complexes [Cu(para-fluorophenyl acetate)2]n (1) and [Cu(para-nitrophenyl acetate)2]n (2) were converted in-situ to mono-nuclear complexes [Cu(para-fluorophenyl acetate)2(1,10-Phenanthroline)(H2O)] (3) and [Cu(para-nitrophenyl acetate)2(2,2́-Bipyridine)(H2O)].3H2O (4). The complexes were isolated in quantitative yield, purified and characterized using FT-IR, absorption, electrochemical, electron paramagnetic resonance and...