Chloridotris(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-κN2)(formato-κO)copper(II)–dichloridobis(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-κN2)copper(II) (2/1)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu(CHO2)Cl(C5H8N2)3]2·[CuCl2(C5H8N2)2] or 2[A]·[B], contains one A molecule and one half-molecule of B, located on a centre of inversion. The CuII environments in A and B are different. In A, the CuII atom is coordinated by three N atoms from three 3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole (L) ligands, one O atom from a formate ligand and a chloride anion in an axial position [Cu—Cl = 2.4275 (7) Å] in a distorted tetragonal–pyramidal geometry. The CuII atom in B is coordinated by two N atoms from two L ligands and two chloride anions [Cu—Cl = 2.2524 (6) Å] in a distorted square-planar geometry. In the crystal, intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds link molecules A into centrosymmetric dimers. Intermolecular N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds further link these dimers with the B molecules, forming chains propagating in [101].