title: Tetra-μ-acetato-κO:O'-bis-{[2,2-dimeth-yl-N-(pyridin-2-yl)propanamide-κN]copper(II)}(Cu-Cu).
abstract: The crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(2)(C(2)H(3)O(2))(4)(C(10)H(14)N(2)O)(2)], reveals a dinuclear Cu(II) complex located about a center of inversion. The coordination environment of each Cu(II) cation is distorted octa-hedral, composed of four bridging acetate ligands, an apical pyridine donor and is completed by a Cu-Cu bond. The amide H atom forms intra-molecular hydrogen bonds to two carboxyl O atoms. In the crystal, weak inter-molecular pyridine-amide C-H⋯O inter-actions are also present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292,  USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asem
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mashuta