Chloridotris(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-κN 2)(formato-κO)copper(II)–dichlorido­bis(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-κN 2)copper(II) (2/1)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu(CHO2)Cl(C5H8N2)3]2·[CuCl2(C5H8N2)2] or 2[A]·[B], contains one A mol­ecule and one half-molecule of B, located on a centre of inversion. The CuII environments in A and B are different. In A, the CuII atom is coordinated by three N atoms from three 3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole (L) ligands, one O atom from a formate ligand and a chloride anion in an axial position [Cu—Cl = 2.4275 (7) Å] in a distorted tetra­gonal–pyramidal geometry. The CuII atom in B is coordinated by two N atoms from two L ligands and two chloride anions [Cu—Cl = 2.2524 (6) Å] in a distorted square-planar geometry. In the crystal, inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol­ecules A into centrosymmetric dimers. Inter­molecular N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds further link these dimers with the B mol­ecules, forming chains propagating in [101]

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