TY - JOUR TI - Alcoholysis of 2,2 ‘-pyridil, (2-C5H4N)C(O)C(O)(2-C5H4N), in the presence of copper(II): A family of planar pentanuclear copper(II) complexes stabilized by [(2-C5H4N)C(O)(OR)C(O)(OR)(2-C5H4N)](2-) and carboxylate ligands AU - Giannis S. Papaefstathiou AU - Catherine P. Raptopoulou AU - Alexandros Tsohos AU - Aris Terzis AU - Evangelos G. Bakalbassis AU - Spyros P. Perlepes JO - International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry PY - 2000 VL - 39 TODO - 20 SP - 4658--4662 PB - American Chemical Society (ACS) SN - null TODO - 10.1021/ic991169k TODO - polynuclear metal complexes TODO - “Blends” of 2,2‘-pyridil, (2-C5H4N)C(O)C(O)(2-C5H4N), and carboxylate ligands, R‘CO2-, in alcohols (ROH) at room temperature are used to produce three clusters of the general formula [Cu5(OH)2{(2-C5H4N)C(O)(OR)C(O)(OR)(2-C5H4N)}2(O2CR‘)4(ROH)2]. The five CuII atoms are coplanar, exhibiting a rectangular arrangement of four metal ions with the fifth at the center of the rectangle. The representative complex with R = Et and R‘ = Me exhibits antiferromagnetic behavior. ER -