Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m2646-m2648  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536805037281 ]

Diethanol(2-hydroxy-2,2-diphenylacetato)pyridinecopper(II)

L.-N. Zhu, S. Gao, L.-H. Huo and H. Zhao

Abstract: In the title mononuclear complex, [Cu(C₁₄H₁₁O₃)₂(C₅H₅N)₂(C₂H₆O)₂], the Cu atom has a distorted octahedral environment, formed by the N atoms of two pyridine molecules, carboxylate O atoms belonging to two 2-hydroxy-2,2-diphenylacetate ligands and O atoms of two ethanol molecules. The molecule of the complex occupies a special position on a twofold axis, which passes through the Cu atom as well as the N and para-C atoms of each of the two pyridine ligands. One crystallographically independent intermolecular hydrogen bond, involving the OH group of the hydroxydiphenylacetate ligand and a carbonyl O atom of another acetate ligand of a neighbouring complex, is responsible for the formation of infinite chains running along the a axis of the crystal structure.

Online 19 November 2005

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