Bis{μ-2-[(pyridin-2-yl)iminomethyl]phenolato}bis[(2-formylphenolato)copper(II)]

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu2(C12H9N2O)2(C7H5O2)2], contains two independent (2-formylphenolato){2-[(pyridin-2-yl)iminomethyl]phenolato}copper(II) molecules that form pseudocentrosymmetric dimers via interactions between the Cu and pyridyl N atoms of independent monomers. The square-planar geometry of the Cu atoms in the monomer thus becomes square-based pyramidal in the dimer. The crystal studied was an inversion twin, with unequal populations of 0.353 (17) and 0.647 (17).