Aqua(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)(dl-threoninato-κ2N,O1)copper(II) chloride dihydrate

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu(C4H8NO3)(C12H8N2)(H2O)]Cl·2H2O, contains a complex cation, a chloride anion and two water molecules. The CuII ion has a distorted square-pyramidal coordination geometry formed by one bidentate phenanthroline ligand, one O,N-bidentate dl-threoninate ligand and one apical water molecule. In the crystal structure, intermolecular O—H...O, N—H...O, N—H...Cl and O—H...Cl hydrogen bonds link the components into layers. A single weak intermolecular C—H...O interaction connects these layers into a three-dimensional network.