title: Tetra-μ-acetato-κO:O'-bis-{[4-methyl-N-(4-methyl-phen-yl)pyridin-2-amine-κN]copper(II)}.
abstract: The title complex, [Cu(2)(CH(3)COO)(4)(C(13)H(14)N(2))(2)], features a binuclear mol-ecule, which lies about a crystallographic centre of inversion; the four acetate ions each bridge a pair of Cu(II) atoms. The coordination of the metal atom is distorted octa-hedral within a donor set defined by four O atoms, the heterocyclic N atom and the second Cu atom. The pyridine ring is twisted with respect to the tolyl ring and forms a dihedral angle of 35.34 (9)°. A bifurcated N-H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bond is present, linking the amine group to two carboxyl-ate O atoms derived from different acetate ions. In the crystal, C-H⋯π inter-actions link mol-ecules into a supra-molecular array in the bc plane.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: Zainal A
authors: ZA
authors: Fairuz
authors: Zaharah
authors: Z
authors: Aiyub
authors: Zanariah
authors: Z
authors: Abdullah
authors: Seik Weng
authors: SW
authors: Ng
authors: Edward R T
authors: ER
authors: Tiekink
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