title: (Acetato-κO)bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')copper(II) acetate hepta-hydrate.
abstract: In the title complex, [Cu(CH(3)CO(2))(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)](CH(3)CO(2))·7H(2)O, the central Cu(II) ion is five coordinate, being bound to four N atoms from two 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and one O atom from an acetate anion in a strongly distorted square-pyramidal configuration. Hydrogen-bonded water mol-ecules and an uncoordinated acetate anion form a two-dimensional polymeric structure parallel to (010). The cations are linked to this layer via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between one of the water mol-ecules and the coordinated acetate anion.
authors.forename: Buqin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Lianzhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jianfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu