metal-organic compounds
The crystal and molecular structure of green cis-[Cu(NCS)2(phen)2] (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) containing a distorted octahedral [CuIIN6] core is reported. The structure of [Cu(NCS)2(phen)2] consists of discrete molecules in which the six-coordinated Cu atom sits on a twofold rotation axes with the thiocyanates coordinating through the N atom. The Cu-NNCS distances are 2.020 (7) Å, while the Cu-Nphen distances are 2.132 (5) trans to NCS and 2.217 (5) Å trans to Nphen. The geometry is distorted from an octahedral stereochemistry because of the 76.9 (2)° bite angle of the N-Cu-N atoms of the 1,10-phenanthrolines and because of a slight elongation of the trans positions that are occupied by an N atom from each phenanthroline ligand. The thiocyanate ions are linear [N-C-S = 178.9 (6)°] and are at an angle of 161.0 (6)° to the Cu atom.
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