Synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties of a new binuclear copper(II) complex in the azide–alkyne cycloaddition

Abstract A new binuclear copper(II)–oxalate complex containing 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmp), was synthesized via a simple and one-pot reaction. [Cu2(dmp)2(ox)Cl2]·H2O (1) was characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography and IR methods. The complex 1 was been used to efficiently catalyze the three-component 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition CuAAC reaction to produce 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3‐triazoles in good to excellent yields from aromatic or aliphatic halide, sodium azide, and acetylene in water as a green solvent with low catalyst amount.