Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, m1523
[ doi:10.1107/S1600536812047198 ]

Chlorido(4-methylpyridin-2-amine-N¹)(2-{[(4-methylpyridin-2-yl)imino-N]methyl}phenolato-O)copper(II)

B. Bhagyaraju, P. Sambasiva Rao and T. Swu

Abstract: In the title complex, [Cu(C₁₃H₁₁N₂O)Cl(C₆H₈N₂)], the Cu^II atom adopts a distorted tetrahedral geometry being coordinated by the phenolic O atom and the azomethine N atom of the Schiff base ligand N-salicylidene 2-aminopyridine, and by the 2-aminopyridine N atom and a Cl atom. The pyridyl N atom of the Schiff base and the imino N atom of the 4-methyl-pyridine-2-ylimino ligand are not involved in the coordination. There is an intramolecular N-HN hydrogen bond involving the pyridine N atom and the amino group of the 2-aminopyridine ligand. In the crystal, molecules are linked via N-HCl hydrogen bonds, forming chains propagating along [001].

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