Research Article: [μ-2,2′-(1,4-Phenyl­ene)diacetato-κ2O1:O4]bis­[aqua­(2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′)chloridocopper(II)] dihydrate

Date Published: August 01, 2012

Publisher: International Union of Crystallography

Author(s): Jin-He Zhao, Yan-Xia Lin, Wei Wu, Zhong Zhang.

http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812029686

Abstract

In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Cu2(C10H8O4)Cl2(C10H8N2)2(H2O)2]·2H2O, the CuII atom is five-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry by two N atoms from a chelating 2,2′-bipyridine ligand, one O atom from a 1,4-phenyl­enediacetate ligand, one Cl atom and one water mol­ecule. The 1,4-phenyl­enediacetate ligand, lying on an inversion center, bridges two CuII atoms. In the crystal, O—H⋯O and O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and π–π inter­actions between the pyridine rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.740 (5) Å] link the complex mol­ecules and uncoordinated water mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network.

Partial Text

For related structures, see: Hu et al. (2009 ▶); Wu et al. (2010 ▶, 2011 ▶).

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http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812029686