title: (2,9-Dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')bis-(2-hydroxy-benzoato-κO)copper(II).
abstract: The Cu(II) atoms in the two independent mol-ecules of the title compound, [Cu(C(7)H(5)O(3))(2)(C(14)H(12)N(2))], are each coordinated by a bidentate 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) mol-ecule and two monodentate 2-hydroxy-benzoate anions in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The crystal packing is stabilized by intra-molecular hydrogen bonding and π-π inter-actions between the dmphen rings of neighboring mol-ecules, with distances between their ring planes of 3.5670 (4) and 3.5181 (9) Å.
authors.forename: Cuiping
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Feng-Mei
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Pei-Zheng
authors.initials: PZ
authors.lastname: Zhao