Bis{(E)-2-[(2-chloro-3-pyridyl)iminomethyl]-6-methoxyphenolato-κ2N,O1}copper(II)

Abstract

In the title mononuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu(C13H10ClN2O2)2], the CuII ion, lying on an inversion center, is four-coordinated in a trans-CuN2O2 square-planar geometry by two phenolate O and two imino N atoms from two symmetry-related N,O-bidentate Schiff base ligands. The shortest Cu...Cu distance is 7.5743 (9) Å. However, there are weak intramolecular electrostatic interactions between the Cu atom and the Cl atom of the ligand, with a Cu...Cl distance of 3.3845 (9) Å.