Crystal structure of di-chlorido-bis-(methyl isonicotinate-κN)copper(II)

Elaheh Ahadi; Hassan Hosseini-Monfared; Peter Mayer

doi:10.1107/S205698901500729X

Crystal structure of di-chlorido-bis-(methyl isonicotinate-κN)copper(II)

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2015 Apr 18;71(Pt 5):m112-3. doi: 10.1107/S205698901500729X. eCollection 2015 May 1.

Authors

Elaheh Ahadi¹, Hassan Hosseini-Monfared¹, Peter Mayer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Zanjan 45195-313, Zanjan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
² Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Department Chemie, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, 81377 München, Germany.

Abstract

In the title compound, [CuCl2(C7H7NO2)2], the square-planar-coordinated Cu(II) ion lies on a centre of symmetry and is bonded to two monodentate methyl-isonicotinate ligands through their N atoms and by two chloride ligands. The mol-ecules pack in a herringbone pattern. Perpendicular to [100] there are weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl and C-H⋯O contacts. Along [100] there are infinite chains of edge-sharing octa-hedra linked through the chlorido ligands.

Keywords: crystal structure; methyl isonicotinate; square-planar copper(II) complex.