Bis{(E)-4-chloro-2-[(2-chloro-3-pyrid-yl)imino-methyl-κN]phenolato-κO}copper(II).

ABSTRACT

In the title complex, [Cu(C(12)H(7)Cl(2)N(2)O)(2)], the Cu(II) center is tetra-coordinated by two phenolic O and two azomethine N atoms from two bidentate 4-chloro-2-[(2-chloro-3-pyrid-yl)imino-meth-yl]phenolate (L) ligands. In the crystal structure, the Cu(II) atom has a distorted square-planar coordination environment. The dihedral angles between the benzene and pyridyl rings are 54.39 (3) and 80.14 (4)°, indicating that the pyridine ring has a considerably weaker steric hindrance. The packing of the mol-ecule is controlled by C-H⋯π(Ph) inter-actions and short O⋯Cl inter-actions [3.196 (4) Å], linking the mol-ecules into a chain-like structure along the c axis.