Bis(2-methyl-1H-imidazole-κN3)bis[2-(naphthalen-2-yl)acetato-κO]copper(II)

Abstract

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(C12H9O2)2(C4H6N2)2], the Cu(II) cations are square-planar coordinated by two 1-naphthylacetate anions and two 2-methyl-imidazole ligands into discrete complexes that are located on centres of inversion. These complexes are linked into chains parallel to [010] by intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonding between the N—H H atom of the 2-methyl-imidazole ligands and the carboxylate O atoms that are not involved in metal coordination.