title: catena-Poly[[chloro(1,10-phenanthroline-kappa2N,N')copper(II)]-mu-imidazolato-kappa2N:N'].
abstract: In the polymeric title compound, [Cu(im)Cl(phen)](n), where im is the imidazolate anion (C(3)H(3)N(2)) and phen is 1,10-phenanthroline (C(12)H(8)N(2)), each Cu(II) ion is five-coordinated by four basal N atoms (two from two different im anions and two from one phen ligand) and one axial Cl atom, in a distorted square-pyramidal coordination geometry. Moreover, each im anion bridges two identical [CuCl(phen)](+) cations through its two N atoms, resulting in a one-dimensional zigzag chain along the crystallographic a axis. In addition, pairs of adjacent chains are staggered by pi-pi interactions, generating a two-dimensional layer, and neighbouring layers are further linked by two different kinds of C-H...Cl interactions, producing a three-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Wenzhou Normal College, Wenzhou 325027, People's Republic of China. maolin@wznc.zj.cn
authors.forename: Mao-Lin
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xiao-Qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Ya-Qian
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Cheng