(Imidazole-N³)(N-salicylidene-α-aminoisobutyrato-O,N,O')copper(II) Dimer

The title compound, [Cu(C₁₁H₁₁NO₃)(C₃H₄N₂)], adopts a square-pyramidal Cu^II coordination with a tridentate N-salicylidene-α-aminoisobutyrato Schiff-base dianion and the imidazole ligand bound in the basal plane. The apex of the pyramid is occupied by a phenolic O atom from the neighbouring chelate at an apical distance of 2.623 (2) Å, building a dimeric structural unit in which the copper(II) ions are magnetically equivalent. The dimeric moieties in the crystal packing are tilted with respect to each other leading to a distorted antiferrodistortive ordering.

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