title: [1,5-bis(1-methyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl-kappaN)-3-oxopentane-kappaO]dichlorocopper(II).
abstract: The title compound, [CuCl2(C8H14N8O)], is the first structurally characterized molecular chelate complex of a binuclear N-substituted tetrazole. The Cu atom is five-coordinate, with an approximately square-pyramidal geometry. The equatorial positions of the pyramid are occupied by two Cl atoms and two N atoms from the ligand molecule; the O atom of the ligand lies in the axial position. Each complex is connected to four others via weak C-H...Cl and C-H...N interactions, forming sheets parallel to the (010) plane.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physico-Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, Leningradskaya str. 14, Minsk 220050, Belarus. lyakhov@fhp.bsu.unibel.by
authors.forename: A S
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authors.lastname: Lyakhov
authors.forename: P N
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authors.lastname: Gaponik
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authors.lastname: Voitekhovich
authors.forename: D O
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authors.lastname: Ivashkevich
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authors.lastname: Pytleva
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authors.lastname: Ivashkevich