Bis(chloroacetato)-κ2O,O′;κO-methanol-κO-bis(2-methylfuro[3,2-c]pyridine-κN)copper(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C2H2ClO2)2(C8H7NO)2(CH4O)], the Cu2+ ion has a highly distorted square-bipyramidal (4 + 1 + 1) coordination environment and is bonded to three carboxylate O atoms of two chloroacetate anions (monodentate and asymmetrically bidentate), two pyridine N atoms of 2-methylfuro[3,2-c]pyridine and one methanol O atom. There is an intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bond. Intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonds result in the formation of a three-dimensional network and π–π stacking interactions [3.44–3.83 Å] are observed between symmetry-related rings of 2-methylfuro[3,2-c]pyridine. Further interactions in the crystal structure are a short Cl...Cl interaction [3.384 (2)Å] and C—H...π interactions between 2-methylfuro[3,2-c]pyridine rings.