Crystal structure of aqua­(perchlorato)bis­μ-(E)-2-({2-(pyridin-2-yl)eth­ylimino}­meth­yl)phenolato-κ4NN′O:Odicopper(II) perchlorate

摘要

The title compound, [Cu2(ClO4)(C14H13N2O)2(H2O)]ClO4, crystallizes as an unsymmetrical dinuclear cation bridged by the phen­oxy O atoms with one Cu^II atom coordinated by a water mol­ecule and the other by a perchlorate anion, thus making both Cu^II atoms five-coordinate, and with a further perchlorate anion present for charge balance. A long inter­action [2.9893 (5) Å] between one of the two Cu^II atoms and an O atom of the perchlorate counter-ion links the cations and anions into linear chains along the a-axis direction. In addition, the water H atoms link with the perchlorate counter-ion. These inter­actions, along with numerous C—H⋯O inter­actions between the tetra­hedral perchlorate anions, link the ions into a complex three-dimensional array. One of the perchlorate anions is disordered over two conformations with occupancies of 0.586 (4) and 0.414 (4).