Chiang Mai Journal of Science

      A reaction of a ligand 3,3´-(1,4-butanediyldinitrilo)bis(2-butanone)dioxime (BnH₂) and CuCl yield  green [Cu(H₂dmg)Cl(μ-Cl)]₂,1. The dimethylglyoxime (H₂dmg) and Cu^IIions in 1 were in situ produced during the course of reaction and formed doubly chloro-bridged Cu(II) dimers. The geometry around copper ion is distorted square pyramidal. The weak intermolecular hydrogen bonds are observed in 1 giving 1D structure. The existence of  two O–O distances of  O2–O1= 2.922 Ǻ and O4–O3= 2.910 Ǻ indicates that these weak intermolecular hydrogen bonds are not equivalent. Hence doublet of the O-H stretching at 3302 and 3216 cm^-1 are observed.