title: Tetra-imidazole-bis(trichloro-acetato)copper(II).
abstract: The title compound, [Cu(C(2)Cl(3)O(2))(2)(C(3)H(4)N(2))(4)], was prepared by the reaction of imidazole and trichloro-acetatocopper(II). The Cu(II) atom adopts a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry, binding the N atoms of four imidazole ligands and the carboxyl-ate O atoms of two trichloro-acetate anions. The mol-ecular structure and packing are stabilized by N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions. Close inter-molecular Cl⋯Cl contacts [3.498 (3) Å] are also found in the structure.
authors.forename: Li-Min
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Huan-Mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Fang-Fang
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Zeng-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang