Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m1578  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807020867 ]

[2-(3-Methoxy-2-oxidobenzylideneamino)phenolato-³O,N,O'](1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')copper(II) methanol solvate

J.-F. Dong, L.-Z. Li, Z.-Z. Ji, H. Cui and D.-Q. Wang

Abstract: In the title complex, [Cu(C₁₄H₁₁NO₃)(C₁₂H₈N₂)]·CH₃OH, with a tridentate Schiff base ligand derived from the condensation of o-vanillin and 2-hydroxyaniline, the Cu^II ion is five-coordinated by three N atoms [Cu-N = 1.950 (2)-2.333 (3) Å] and two O atoms [Cu-O = 1.926 (2) and 1.949 (2) Å] in a distorted square-pyramidal configuration. The mean planes of the tridentate Schiff base and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligands make a dihedral angle of 88.39 (5)°. Two neighbouring complexes related by a centre of symmetry are paired by a significant - interaction, with a short distance of 3.396 (4) Å between the centroids of the outer rings of the phen ligands. The crystal packing is further stabilized by intermolecular O-HO and C-HO hydrogen bonds.

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