Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m988-m990  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807009762 ]

(Acetonitrile){hydridotris[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1-pyrazolyl]borato}copper(I)

M. N. C. Balili and T. Pintauer

Abstract: The title compound, [Cu(C₁₅H₄BF₁₈N₆)(C₂H₃N)] or [HB(3,5-(CF₃)₂Pz)₃]Cu^I(CH₃CN), was synthesized from [Cu^I(CF₃SO₃)]₂·C₆H₅CH₃ and [HB(3,5-(CF₃)₂Pz)₃]Na(H₂O) in CH₂Cl₂/CH₃CN. The Cu^I atom adopts a distorted tetrahedral geometry and is coordinated by four N atoms, three N atoms from the tridentate tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligand [Cu-N = 2.0992 (12) Å] and one N atom from acetonitrile [Cu-N = 1.888 (3) Å]. The acetonitrile ligand is linear. The Cu atom, acetonitrile ligand, B and its attached H atom lie on a crystallographic threefold rotation axis.

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