Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1496  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808035320 ]

(Formato-O)bis(1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')copper(II) formate hexahydrate

W. Xu, J.-L. Lin, H.-Z. Xie and M. Zhang

Abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(CHO₂)(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂]CHO₂·6H₂O, the Cu atom is coordinated in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal fashion by an O atom of the formate ligand and four N atoms of two phenanthroline ligands with Cu-O and Cu-N distances of 2.020 (3) and 1.978 (3)-2.177 (3) Å, respectively. Hydrogen bonding O-HO between water molecules and between water anions as well as - interactions [centroid-centroid distances between phen rings = 3.38 (7) and 3.40 (5) Å] are responsible for the supramolecular assembly.

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