Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1501-m1502  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808035484 ]

catena-Poly[[(2,2'-bipyridine)copper(II)]--5-tert-butylisophthalato]

X.-L. Li and M.-L. Huang

Abstract: In the crystal structure of the title polymeric compound, [Cu(C₁₂H₁₂O₄)(C₁₀H₈N₂)]_n, the asymmetric unit consists of one Cu^II ion, one 5-tert-butylisophthalate (tbip) and one 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) ligand. The copper(II) ion is four-coordinated by two N atoms from bipy and two O atoms from two tbip ligands, leading to a distorted tetrahedral coordination. Each tbip ligand adopts a bis-monodentate coordination mode to connect two symmetry-related copper(II) ions, so forming a zigzag polymer chain parallel to [001]. The tert-butyl methyl groups are disordered over two positions with occupancies of 0.506 (6)/0.494 (6)

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