Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1612-m1613  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808038786 ]

Tetrakis[-2-(3-phenoxyphenyl)propionato-²O:O']bis[(dimethylformamide-O)copper(II)]

M. A. Agotegaray, O. V. Quinzani, R. Faccio, C. Goyenola and Á. W. Mombrú

Abstract: The title compound, [Cu₂(C₁₅H₁₃O₃)₄(C₃H₇NO)₂], is formed by the chelate coordination of four racemic fenoprofenate (fenoprofenate is 2,3-phenoxyphenyl propionate) anions and two dimethylformamide molecules to two copper(II) ions, building a paddle-wheel dinuclear molecule. The distorted square-pyramidal coordination of each Cu^II atom is made up of four O atoms of the four fenoprofenate units and another O atom from a dimethylformamide molecule. The two enantiomeric forms of the fenoprofenate anions are present in the complex, in an optically inactive centrosymmetric arrangement.

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