Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m2268  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807037154 ]

Redetermination of catena-poly[[nitrato(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(II)]--nitrato]

X.-C. Zhou and Y.-Q. Liu

Abstract: The structure of the title copper coordination polymer, [Cu(NO₃)₃(C₁₀H₈N₂)]_n, previously reported by McFadden & McPhail [J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. (1975), pp. 1993-1998], has been redetermined, leading to a more precise result. The crystal structure consists of a zigzag chain formed by the polymer [Cu(NO₃)₃(phen)]_n (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline). The Cu^II atom has a slightly distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment consisting of two N atoms of the phen ligand, two O atoms of different nitrate ligands, and one O atom of a nitrate anion. The compound forms a one-dimensional chain using nitrate as an end-to-end bridging ligand.

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