Aqua(2-oxido-2,2-diphenylacetato-κ2O1,O2)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)copper(II)

Abstract

In the title mononuclear complex, [Cu(C14H10O3)(C12H8N2)(H2O)], the CuII atom is five-coordinated by two N atoms from a 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand, two O atoms from a benzilate ligand and one O atom from a water molecule in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The crystal structure is stabilized via intermolecular O—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds, C—H...π interactions and π–π stacking interactions between the pyridine and benzene rings of neighboring phen ligands [centroid–centroid distances = 3.684 (2), 3.564 (2) and 3.380 (1) Å].