@article{
author = "Miodragovic, Zoran M. and Bogdanović, Goran A. and Krajcinovic, Bojana B. and Drakulić, Branko J. and Kusigerski, Vladan and Miodragović Đenana U. and Spasojević, Vojislav and Hodzic, Ismet M. and Juranić, Ivan O.",
year = "2006",
abstract = "A new binuclear Cu(II) complex with an (E)-4-(2,4-diisopropylphenyl)-4-oxo-2-butenoato ligand (L) was successfully synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and IR-spectroscopy. The structures of (E)-4-(2,4-diisopropylphenyl)-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid (HL), and the corresponding (tetrakis)-mu-[(E)-4-(2,4-diisopropylphenyl)-4-oxo-2-butenoato]-bis(ethanol)-copper(II) complex, [Cu2L4(C2H5OH)(2)], were determined by single crystal X-ray analyses and are preliminarily discussed. This is the first complex of a transition metal with ligand L. as well as the first determined crystal structure of a metal complex with this type of ligand. Analysis of the magnetic susceptibility measurements of the isolated [Cu2L4(C2H5OH)(2)]center dot H2O complex shows the existence of a strong anti-ferromagnetic intra-dimer coupling, with an exchange integral value 2J of -260 cm(-1). (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
journal = "Inorganic Chemistry Communications",
title = "Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of the first copper(II) complex with an (E)-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoato ligand",
volume = "9",
number = "12",
pages = "1173-1177",
doi = "10.1016/j.inoche.2006.07.029"
}