Bis{2-[(2-hydroxybenzyl)iminomethyl]phenolato(2 –)-O:O,N,O'}dicopper(II)

The title compound, [Cu₂(C₁₄H₁₁NO₂)₂], consists of doubly oxygen-bridged centrosymmetric copper dimers. Each Cu atom has a distorted square-planar environment involving three O atoms and an N atom of the ligands. The Cu—O distances in the coordination plane vary from 1.881 (8) to 1.930 (10) Å and the Cu—N distance is 1.920 (10) Å. In the bridging plane, Cu—O—Cuⁱ and O—Cu—Oⁱ angles are 103.5 (4) and 76.5 (3)°, respectively. The Cu...Cuⁱ distance is 3.073 (2) Å.

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