(Acetonitrile)[bis­(2-pyridylmeth­yl)amine]bis­(perchlorato)copper(II)

Butcher, R.J.; Tesema, Y.T.; Yisgedu, T.B.; Gultneh, Y.

doi:10.1107/S1600536807067001

Acta Crystallographica Section E

Structure Reports Online

Volume 64, Part 1 (January 2008)

metal-organic compounds

Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m233-m234 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807067001 ]

(Acetonitrile)[bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine]bis(perchlorato)copper(II)

R. J. Butcher, Y. T. Tesema, T. B. Yisgedu and Y. Gultneh

Abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(ClO₄)₂(C₁₂H₁₃N₃)(C₂H₃N)], the Cu^II atom is six-coordinate in a Jahn-Teller distorted octahedral geometry, with coordination by the tridentate chelating ligand, an acetonitrile molecule, and two axial perchlorate anions. The tridentate ligand bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine chelates meridionally and equatorially while an acetonitrile molecule is coordinated at the fourth equatorial site. The two perchlorate anions are disordered with site occupancy factors of 0.72/0.28. The amine H is involved in intramolecular hydrogen bonding to the perchlorate O atoms and there are extensive but weak intermolecular C-HO interactions.