title: [(6-Methyl-2-pyridylmeth-yl)(2-pyridylmeth-yl)amine][(2-pyridylmeth-yl)amine]copper(II) bis-(perchlorate).
abstract: The title compound, [Cu(C(6)H(8)N(2))(C(13)H(15)N(3))](ClO(4))(2), is a mixed ligand complex with the Cu(II) atom coordinated by (6-methyl-2-pyridylmeth-yl)(2-pyridylmeth-yl)amine, acting as a tridentate ligand, and 2-(2-amino-meth-yl)pyridine, as a bidentate ligand, leading to an N(5) square-pyramidal geometry. The amine H atoms are involved in hydrogen bonding to the perchlorate O atoms and there are extensive but weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-actions in the crystal structure. The perchlorate ions are each disordered over two positions, with site occupancies of 0.601 (8):0.399 (8) and 0.659 (11):0.341 (11).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
authors.forename: Ray J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Butcher
authors.forename: Yohannes T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tesema
authors.forename: Teshome B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Yisgedu
authors.forename: Yilma
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gultneh