Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1475  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808032480 ]

Bis(1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')(phenylacetato-O)copper(II) phenylacetate hexahydrate

B.-T. Tu, H.-Z. Xie, Y.-T. Ren and J.-Z. Chen

Abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C₈H₇O₂)(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂](C₈H₇O₂)·6H₂O, the Cu atom is in a distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment. The six crystallographically independent uncoordinated water molecules are interconnected by hydrogen bonds, completing dodecawater (H₂O)₁₂ clusters which are hydrogen bonded to the carboxylate groups of phenylacetate anions, building up one-dimensional anionic chains propagating along [100]. Between the cationic and anionic chains are hydrogen bonds from water molecules to the carboxylate O atoms belonging to the phenylacetato ligands.

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