Di-μ-hydroxido-κ4O:O-di-μ-perchlorato-κ4O:O′-bis[(2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′)copper(II)]

Abstract

In the title binuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu2(ClO4)2(OH)2(C10H8N2)2], the CuIIion is coordinated in the form of a Jahn–Teller distorted octahedron by two bipyridine N atoms, two perchlorate O atoms and two hydroxide O atoms, and displays a distorted octahedral geometry. The molecule belongs to the symmetry point groupC2h. The CuIIion is located on a twofold rotation axis and the hydroxide and perchlorate ligands are located on a mirror plane. Within the dinuclear molecule, the Cu...Cu separation is 2.8614 (7) Å. The crystal structure exhibits O—H...O, C—H...O and π–π [centroid–centroid distance = 3.5374 (13) Å] interactions.