Bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)(phenylacetato-κO)copper(II) phenylacetate hexahydrate

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C8H7O2)(C12H8N2)2](C8H7O2)·6H2O, the Cu atom is in a distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment. The six crystallographically independent uncoordinated water molecules are interconnected by hydrogen bonds, completing dodecawater (H2O)12 clusters which are hydrogen bonded to the carboxylate groups of phenylacetate anions, building up one-dimensional anionic chains propagating along [100]. Between the cationic and anionic chains are hydrogen bonds from water molecules to the carboxylate O atoms belonging to the phenylacetato ligands.