A new p-PhDTA bridged Cu（II） complex [Cu2（p-PhDTA）（DMSO）2]·4DMSO （p-PhDTA = p-phenylenediamine-N,N,N,N＇-tetraacetic acid） has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The crystal belongs to orthorhombic, space group Pca21 with a = 19.572（4）, b = 19.552（4）, c = 10.156（2）A, C26H48N2O14CU2S6, Mr = 932.10, V = 3886.4（13）A3, Z = 4, Dc = 1.593 g/cm^3, F（000） = 1936, λ（MoKa） = 0.71073A,μ = 1.480, R = 0.0487 and wR = 0.1151 for 8464 observed reflections （I 〉2σ（I））. In the complex, the oxygen atoms of carboxylate of p-PhDTA connect the Cu atoms in a syn-anti type, giving one-dimensional chains which are further linked by the benzene groups ofp-PhDTA to form a novel two-dimensional structure.
Two complexes CuLCl（H2O） 1 and Ni（L）2 2 （HL = 2-carboxy-1,10-phenanthroline） have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The structure of 1 has a monoclinic space group P21/n with a = 7.985（2）, b = 16.067（3）, c = 9.694（2） A, β = 98.189（30）°, V= 1231.0（4） A^3, Z = 4, Dc = 1.836 g/cm^3,μ =1.998 mm^-1, F（000） = 684, the final R = 0.0301 and wR = 0.0810. The structure of 2 （C26H14N4NiO10） adopts an orthorhombic system, space group Pbea with a = 9.410（2）, b = 23.2410（5）, c = 23.8680（5） A, V = 5219.9（18） A^3, Z = 8, Mr = 601.12, Dc = 1,530 g/cm^3,μ = 0.809 mm^-1, F（000） = 2448, the final R = 0.0448 and wR = 0.1427. The Cu center of complex 1 exhibits a square pyramidal coordination environment with one oxygen and two nitrogen atoms from deprotonated 2-carboxy-1,10-phenanthroline, one oxygen atom from water and one chloride ion. The Ni center of complex 2 assumes a distorted octahedral coordination geometry consisting of two oxygen atoms and four nitrogen atoms of two deprotonated 2-carboxy-1,10-phenanthroline molecules. Supramolecular assembly has been found via noncovalent bonds, such as hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking interactions.
