Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m731  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809020753 ]

(4'-Ferrocenyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-³N,N',N'')(1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')copper(II) bis(perchlorate) acetonitrile solvate

S.-P. Tang, D.-Z. Kuang, Y.-L. Feng, M.-S. Chen and W. Li

Abstract: The title complex, [CuFe(C₅H₅)(C₂₀H₁₄N₃)(C₁₂H₈N₂)](ClO₄)₂·C₂H₃N, consists of a mononuclear [Cu(C₁₂H₈N₂)(C₂₅H₁₉FeN₃)]²⁺ cation, two ClO₄^- anions (one of which is disordered over two positions with equal occupancy) and one CH₃CN solvent molecule. The Cu^II center has a distorted square-pyramidal coordination with three N atoms of the 4'-ferrocenyl-2,2':6',2''- terpyridine (fctpy) ligand and one 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) N atom in the basal plane and a second phen N atom in the apical position with an axial distance of 2.254 (4) Å. The disordered ClO₄^- anion is weakly coordinated to the Cu^II ion with a Cu-O distance of 2.766 (11) Å. The two cyclopentadienyl rings of the ferrocenyl group are almost eclipsed with a deviation of 4.7 (1) °, and are involved in intermolecular - interactions with the outer pyridyl rings of the fctpy ligands [centroid-centroid distance = 3.759 (2) Å.].

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