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Six new coordination compounds were obtained: [Cu(l-hser)(H2O)(phen)]2SO4\u00b75H2O (1\u00b75H2O), [Cu(\u03bc-l-hser)(H2O)(phen)][Cu(l-hser)(H2O)(phen)]3(SO4)2\u221912H2O (2\u00b712H2O), {[Cu(\u03bc-l-hser)(H2O)(phen)][Cu(\u03bc-l-hser)(phen)]SO4\u00b76H2O}n (3\u00b76H2O), {[Cu(\u03bc-l-hser)(H2O)(phen)]2SO4\u00b73H2O}n (4\u00b73H2O), [Cu(l-hser)(H2O)(phen)][Cu(l-hser)(CH3OH)(phen)]SO4\u00b74H2O (5\u00b74H2O) and {[Cu(l-hser)(CH3OH)(phen)][Cu(\u03bc-l-hser)(phen)]SO4\u00b75CH3OH}n (6\u00b75CH3OH). It was shown that slight differences in water content in the synthetic mixtures highly influence the final product, so in some cases, two or three different products were obtained. The compounds were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and ESR spectroscopy. Crystal packings are based on intensive networks of hydrogen bonds and \u03c0 interactions. Most water solvent molecules in these microporous compounds are found in discrete pockets (1\u22195H2O, 2\u221912H2O, 3\u22196H2O, 4\u22193H2O). In 5\u22194H2O, water molecules are packed in pockets and 1D channels and in 6\u22195CH3OH methanol solvent molecules form 1D channels. ESR spectroscopy measured from room down to liquid nitrogen temperature was used for local magnetic characterization of copper centers. The spin Hamiltonian parameters obtained from the spectral simulation revealed copper coordination geometry that is in agreement with the structural results. Furthermore, ESR spectra revealed no significant exchange coupling between copper ions. 3\u00b76H2O showed pronounced antiproliferative activity toward human colon cancer cell lines (HCT116), human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) and human lung cancer cell lines (H460).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules29235621","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,28]],"date-time":"2024-11-28T03:21:23Z","timestamp":1732764083000},"page":"5621","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Solvatomorphic Diversity in Coordination Compounds of Copper(II) with l-Homoserine and 1,10-Phenanthroline: Syntheses, Crystal Structures and ESR Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"29","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8021-3385","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Darko","family":"Vu\u0161ak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102A, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marta","family":"\u0160imunovi\u0107 Leti\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102A, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marina","family":"Ta\u0161ner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102A, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4909-8312","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dubravka","family":"Matkovi\u0107-\u010calogovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102A, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jurica","family":"Jurec","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory for Magnetic Resonances, Division of Physical Chemistry, Ru\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 Institute, Bijeni\u010dka Cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2387-0853","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dijana","family":"\u017dili\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory for Magnetic Resonances, Division of Physical Chemistry, Ru\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 Institute, Bijeni\u010dka Cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Biserka","family":"Prugove\u010dki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102A, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"100849","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ymgmr.2022.100849","article-title":"Early clinical signs and treatment of Menkes disease","volume":"31","author":"Fujisawa","year":"2022","journal-title":"Mol. 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