title: (Acetonitrile)[2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine](isonicotinamide)copper(II)-tetrafluoroborate-acetonitrile (1/2/2).
abstract: Molecules of the title compound, [Cu(C(2)H(3)N)(C(11)H(9)N(5))(C(6)H(6)N(2)O)](BF(4))(2).2C(2)H(3)N, comprise (acetonitrile)[2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine](isonicotinamide)copper(II) cations, tetrafluoroborate anions and lattice acetonitrile molecules. The cations have distorted square-pyramidal geometries in which the N(3)-donor, viz. 2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine, and the N-donor, viz. the isonicotinamide ligand, occupy the four basal positions, with the coordinated acetonitrile N-donor atom occupying the apical position. Pairs of cations are linked by N-H.F hydrogen bonds through tetrafluoroborate anions, forming centrosymmetric dimers, which are further linked by C-H.O hydrogen bonds into two-dimensional undulating sheets, three of which interpenetrate to generate a two-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universitat Karlsruhe, Engesserstrasse, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fenske
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hubberstey
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Julio
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Withersby