title: Bis{(E)-4-chloro-2-[(2-chloro-3-pyrid-yl)imino-methyl-κN]phenolato-κO}copper(II).
abstract: In the title complex, [Cu(C(12)H(7)Cl(2)N(2)O)(2)], the Cu(II) center is tetra-coordinated by two phenolic O and two azomethine N atoms from two bidentate 4-chloro-2-[(2-chloro-3-pyrid-yl)imino-meth-yl]phenolate (L) ligands. In the crystal structure, the Cu(II) atom has a distorted square-planar coordination environment. The dihedral angles between the benzene and pyridyl rings are 54.39 (3) and 80.14 (4)°, indicating that the pyridine ring has a considerably weaker steric hindrance. The packing of the mol-ecule is controlled by C-H⋯π(Ph) inter-actions and short O⋯Cl inter-actions [3.196 (4) Å], linking the mol-ecules into a chain-like structure along the c axis.
authors.forename: Yu-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Jun-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Wen-Kui
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Yin-Xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao