title: (Glycylglycinato-kappa3O,N,N')(2-methyl-1H-benzimidazole-kappaN3)copper(II) trihydrate.
abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C4H6N2O3)(C8H8N2)].3H2O, the Cu(II) atom is coordinated in a square-planar manner by one O atom and three N atoms from glycylglycinate and 2-methylbenzimidazole ligands. The ternary complexes assemble into one-dimensional chains through C-H...pi interactions and direct N-H...O hydrogen bonding, as well as into hydrogen-bonded water helices with branches which also link the complex chains into a three-dimensional supramolecular structure.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of the Education Ministry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Miao-Li
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Li-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006033:Glycylglycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C520079:(glycylglycinato-kappa3O,N,N')(2-methyl-1H-benzimidazole-kappaN3)copper(II) trihydrate; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D006033:Glycylglycine; D002244:Carbon; D003300:Copper; D006859:Hydrogen