{2-[(3,5-Dichloro-2-oxidobenzylidene)amino-κ2N,O]-3-methylpentanoato-κO}(N,N′-dimethylformamide-κO)copper(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C13H13Cl2NO3)(C3H7NO)], the CuII atom is coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry by two O atoms and one N atom from the tridentate chiral ligand 2-[(3,5-dichloro-2-oxidobenzylidene)amino]-3-methylpentanoate and by one O atom from dimethylformamide. In the crystal structure, the Cu atom forms contacts with Cl and O atoms of two units (Cu...Cl and Cu...O = 3.401 and 2.947 Å, respectively), thereby forming an approximately octahedral arrangement. A three-dimensional network is constructed through Cl...Cu, O...Cu, Cl...Cl contacts and C—H...O hydrogen bonds.