title: Di-μ-chlorido-bis-[dichlorido(3,3',5,5'-tetra-methyl-4,4'-bipyrazol-1-ium-κN)copper(II)] dihydrate.
abstract: The structure of the centrosymmetric title compound, [Cu(2)Cl(6)(C(10)H(15)N(4))(2)]·2H(2)O, consists of a dimeric [{(HMe(4)bpz)CuCl(3)}(2)] unit (HMe(4)bpz is 3,3',5,5'-tetra-methyl-4,4'-bipyrazol-1-ium) with two solvent water molecules. Each [HMe(4)bpz](+) cation is bonded to a CuCl(3) unit through a Cu-N dative bond, effectively making square-planar geometry at the Cu atom. Two of these units then undergo a face-to-face dimerization so that the Cu atoms have a Jahn-Teller distorted square-pyramidal geometry with three chlorides and an N atom in the basal plane and one chloride weakly bound in the apical position. Several N-H⋯Cl, O-H⋯Cl and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form a three-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, England.
authors.forename: Mukhtar A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kurawa
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: A Guy
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Orpen