title: Bis(acetato-κO)[N,N,N',N'-tetra-methyl-ethane-1,2-diamine-κN,N']copper(II).
abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C(2)H(3)O(2))(2)(C(6)H(16)N(2))], the Cu(II) atom is coordinated by two N atoms from the chelating N,N,N',N'-tetra-methyl-ethane-1,2-diamine ligand and two O atoms from two acetate anions in a distorted square-planar geometry. In addition, there are longer contacts between Cu and the second O atom of each acetate ligand, which could be considered to complete a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The mol-ecules in the crystal structure are connected via inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding contacts.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J Chris
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Slootweg
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen