Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m1613  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809048697 ]

Tetrakis(₂-phenylacetato-²O:O')bis[(isoquinoline-N)copper(II)]

M.-J. Li, J.-J. Nie and D.-J. Xu

Abstract: In the title centrosymmetric binuclear Cu^II complex, [Cu₂(C₈H₇O₂)₄(C₉H₇N)₂], the two Cu cations are bridged by four carboxylate groups of the phenylacetate anions; each Cu cation is further coordinated by an isoquinoline ligand to complete the distorted CuO₄N square-pyramidal geometry. The Cu cation is displaced by 0.2092 (8) Å from the basal plane formed by the four O atoms. Within the dinuclear molecule, the CuCu separation is 2.6453 (6) Å. Although a parallel, overlapped arrangement of isoquinoline ligands exists in the crystal structure; the longer face-to-face distance of 3.667 (5) Å suggests there is no - stacking between isoquinoline ring systems.

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