Bis[4,5-dimethyl-2-(2-pyridyl)-1H-imidazole-κ2N2,N3](1H-imidazole-κN3)copper(II) bis(perchlorate)

Abstract

In the title complex, [Cu(C3H4N2)(C10H11N3)2](ClO4)2, the CuII cation has a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry defined by a CuN2N′2N′′ donor set. The imidazole ligand is disordered over two orientations of equal occupancy. Two of the perchlorate ion sites are located on a twofold rotation axis, and one of is disordered over two sites of equal occupancy. In the crystal structure there is a two-dimensional infinite network of hydrogen-bonded molecules parallel to the ab plane.