Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m1824-m1825  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807026967 ]

Di--acetato-⁴O:O-bis{2-[(2-aminoethyl)iminomethyl]phenolato-³N,N',O}copper(II)

C.-C. Zhao, Y.-B. Jiang, A.-L. Cui and H.-Z. Kou

Abstract: The title complex, [Cu₂(C₉H₁₁N₂O)₂(C₂H₃O₂)₂] or Cu₂L₂OAc₂ [L is (salicylideneimino)ethylamine and OAc is acetate], has a centrosymmetric acetate-bridged dinuclear structure with each Cu^II ion in a distorted square-pyramidal coordination geometry, the angles at the Cu^II ion deviating from ideal values. The basal plane is occupied by two N atoms, one phenoxy O atom and one O atom from an OAc ligand, with an O atom of a bridging OAc ligand in the apical position. The apical Cu-O bond distance is longer than the equatorial Cu-N or Cu-O bond distances. In the crystal structure, intermolecular hydrogen bonds involving the amino N atom and the uncoordinated acetate ligand O atom connect the dinuclear units into a two-dimensional network.

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