title: Tetra-kis(1H-benzimidazole-κN)(nitrato-κO)copper(II) nitrate.
abstract: In the title salt, [Cu(NO(3))(C(7)H(6)N(2))(4)]NO(3), one nitrate anion is coordinated to the Cu(II) atom, which is also coordinated by the N atoms of four N-heterocycles. The geometry at the metal atom is a square pyramid in which the O atom of the anion occupies the apical position [Cu-O = 2.468 (5) and 2.590 (7) Å in the two independent formula units]. The cation lies on a twofold rotation axis; the coordinated nitrate anion is also disordered about this symmetry element. The lattice anion is also disordered about a twofold rotation axis. In the crystal, the cations are linked to the coordinated and free anions by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.forename: Fu-Lin
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Seik Weng
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ng