Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1479  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808034788 ]

(2,9-Dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')(4-hydroxybenzoato-²O,O')(nitrato-O)copper(II)

C.-P. Zhai, F.-M. Yan and P.-Z. Zhao

Abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C₇H₅O₃)(NO₃)(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)], the Cu^II ion is five-coordinated in a slightly distorted square-pyramidal geometry by one O atom of a nitrate anion, two O atoms of a 4-hydroxybenzoate anion, and two N atoms from a bidentate 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) ligand. In the crystal structure, inversion-related molecules are linked into dimers by O-HO hydrogen bonds. The packing is further stabilized by - interactions involving the benzene rings of the dmphen and hydroxybenzoate units, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.4930 (14) or 3.5727 (14) Å.

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