catena-Poly[[[diaqua-bis(2-methyl-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-3,4'-bipyridine-5-carbo-nitrile)copper(II)]-µ-sulfato] tetra-hydrate].

In the title polymer, {[Cu(SO(4))(C(12)H(9)N(3)O)(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·4H(2)O}(n), both the metal center and the sulfate anion are located on a twofold axis. The Cu(II) ion is coordinated by two pyridyl N atoms from two symmetry-related organic ligands, two O atoms from two symmetry-related water mol-ecules, and two O atoms from two symmetry-related sulfate anions, resulting in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The sulfate anions act as µ(2)-bridges and connect metal ions, forming a one-dimensional chain along the b axis. The three-dimensional crystal structure is established through inter-molecular N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the organic ligands, sulfate anions, coordinated and uncoordinated water mol-ecules, and through π-π inter-acting 2-pyridone rings, with centroid-centroid separations of ca 3.96 Šand tilt angles of ca 2.62°.

Chloridobis(2,9-dieth-oxy-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')copper(II) perchlorate.

In the title complex, [CuCl(C(16)H(16)N(2)O(2))(2)]ClO(4), the Cu(II) ion is coordinated by four N atoms from two chelating 2,9-dieth-oxy-1,10-phenanthroline ligands and one chloride ion in a slightly disorted trigonal-bipyramidal environment. Two N atoms and the Cl atom are in equatorial positions while the remaining two N atoms occupy apical sites, the equatorial Cu-N bonds being significantly longer than the two apical Cu-N bonds. The N=C-O-C torsion angles involving the four eth-oxy groups are in the range 161.5 (8) to 177.0 (5)°. In the crystal structure, there are significant π-π stacking inter-actions between inversion-related rings of phenanthroline groups with centroid-centroid distances in the range 3.649 (4)-3.790 (4) Å.