title: (2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-kappa2N,N')(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato-kappa3O2,N,O6)copper(II) trihydrate.
abstract: The copper(II) centre in the mononuclear title complex, [Cu(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(C(14)H(12)N(2))].3H(2)O, is surrounded by one bidentate 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) ligand and one tridentate pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate ligand, and exhibits a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The crystal packing involves both hydrogen-bonding and pi-pi interactions. The solvent water molecules link monomers to one another through hydrogen-bonding interactions, forming ladder-like chains in the bc plane. Face-to-face and slipped pi-pi interactions also occur between dmphen rings of neighboring molecules and are responsible for interchain packing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey. iucar@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bulut
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Büyükgüngör