Bis{N-[5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]ethanimidamidato}copper(II)

Abstract

The title compound, [Cu(C11H11N4O2)2], was prepared by solvothermal synthesis using 2-amino-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole and copper sulfate pentahydrate in an acetonitrile solution. The CuII atom lies on an inversion center and is four-coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry by four N atoms of the ligands obtained from the formation of a bond between the amine N atom of the oxadiazole molecule and the nitrile C atom of the solvent. In the crystal structure an intermolecular N—H...N hydrogen bond links inversion-related molecules.