Four copper(II) compounds with an anion of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (HL) bonded have been synthesized. These compounds are Cu(L)2(H2O)3 1, [Cu(L)2(nia)2(H2O)2] 2, [Cu(L)2(3OHpy)2] 3 and [Cu(L)2(2apy)2] 4; nia – nicotinamide, 3OHpy – 3-hydroxypyridine, 2apy – 2-aminopyridine. Compound 2 has already been described and herein confirmed by the powder X-ray diffraction. Also for the other three (1, 3, 4) compounds’ simple formulae was similarly deduced by this method. L is included in all compounds 1-4, though only 2-4 have an additional pyridine ligand. Besides the CHN analysis, the IR spectra for these compounds also show similarity having bands as for 1, but also some additional ones. The color of the isolated compounds differ, as two are light blue (1, 2), one is indigo (3) and one is green (4). These colors corroborate with different electronic spectra indicating their different coordination spheres.
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