Acta Cryst. (2011). E67, m1612 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536811043637 ]
Abstract: The title compound, [Cu2Br2(C7H8NO)2], was synthesized by reaction of CuBr2 with 2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethanol (hep-H) in methanol. The asymmetric unit consists of one hep ligand and a CuBr unit. The Cu2+ ion is thereby coordinated by the N atom and the deprotonated hydroxy O atom in a distorted square-planar geometry that is completed by another O atom. The latter acts as bridging ligand towards the second, symmetry-equivalent, Cu atom, thus generating a centrosymmetric dimeric unit, with the inversion centre halfway between the Cu atoms. These units are linked via C-HBr and C-HO hydrogen bonds, leading to the formation of a hydrogen-bonded one-dimensional-polymeric chain along a..
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