Di-μ-acetato-κ4O:O-bis({N′-[(E)-phenyl(pyridin-2-yl-κN)methylidene]benzohydrazidato-κ2N′,O}copper(II))

Abstract

The binuclear molecule of the title compound, [Cu2(C19H14N3O)2(CH3COO)2], resides on a crystallographic inversion centre. It has an E conformation with respect to the azomethine double bond and a Z conformation about the amide C=N bond. The CuII atom has a slightly distorted square-pyramidal coordination geometry. The crystal packing involves intermolecular C—H...O, C—H...N and C—H...π and two types of π–π interactions, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.9958 (10) and 3.7016 (13) Å.