title: Chloro(histamine)(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(II) chloride monohydrate.
abstract: In the cationic complex present in the title compound, chloro[2-(4-imidazolyl-kappaN(1))ethylamine-kappaN](1,10-phenanthroline-kappa(2)N,N')copper(II) chloride monohydrate, [CuCl(C(5)H(9)N(3))(C(12)H(8)N(2))]Cl.H(2)O, the metal centre adopts a five-coordinate geometry, ligated by the two phenanthroline N atoms, two amine N atoms of the histamine ligand (one aliphatic and one from the imidazole ring) and a chloro ligand. The geometry around the Cu atom is a distorted compressed trigonal bipyramid, with one phenanthroline N and one imidazole N atom in the axial positions, and the other phenanthroline N atom, the histamine amine N atom and the chloro ligand in the equatorial positions. The structure includes an uncoordinated water molecule, and a Cl(-) ion to complete the charge. The water molecule is hydrogen bonded to both Cl(-) ions (coordinated and uncoordinated), and exhibits a close Cu.H contact in the equatorial plane of the bipyramid.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Guanajuato, Facultad de Química, Noria Alta s/n, 36050 Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico.
authors.forename: Egla Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Bivián-Castro
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernès
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escalante
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Díaz
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006632:Histamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015335:Molecular Probes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010618:Phenanthrolines; C499419:chloro(histamine)(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(II) chloride monohydrate; D003300:Copper; D006632:Histamine; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases; C029892:cupric chloride