title: Tetrakis(mu-acetato-O,O')bis[(4-cyanopyridine-N)copper(II)].
abstract: The title compound, [Cu(2)(C(2)H(3)O(2))(4)(C(6)H(4)N(2))(2)], has the familiar lantern-type structure that is characteristic of dimetal tetracarboxylates of copper and several other transition elements. The molecule lies about an inversion centre and the Cu atom is present in a distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment, consisting of four O atoms in equatorial positions and the pyridyl-N atoms of the two 4-cyanopyridine ligands in axial positions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781 014, India. birinchi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Barman