Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m244-m246  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536804034221 ]

Bis(1H-benzimidazole-N³)bis(4-hydroxybenzoato-²O,O')copper(II)

J.-R. Su, J.-M. Gu and D.-J. Xu

Abstract: In the title complex, [Cu(C₇H₅O₃)₂(C₇H₆N₂)₂], (I), the Cu^II atom, located on an inversion center, is surrounded by two 4-hydroxybenzoate anions and two benzimidazole molecules in an elongated octahedral geometry, the longer Cu-O distance being 2.618 (2) Å in the axial direction. The partially overlapped arrangement and the short face-to-face distance of 3.405 (6) Å suggest - stacking between benzimidazole ligands of neighboring molecules.

Online 8 January 2005

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