title: [(4-Methyl-benz-yl)bis-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amine-κ(3)N,N',N'']bis-(thio-cyanato-κS)copper(II) dichloro-methane hemisolvate.
abstract: The title compound, [Cu(NCS)(2)(C(20)H(21)N(3))]·0.5CH(2)Cl(2), crystallized with two independent complex mol-ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit, accompanied by one dichloro-methane solvent mol-ecule. Each Cu(II) atom has a square-pyramidal geometry, being coordinated by five N atoms, three from the (4-methyl-benz-yl)bis-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amine ligand and two from the thio-cyanate ligands. In the crystal, the B mol-ecules are linked via C-H⋯S inter-actions, forming chains propagating along [100].
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013,  People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zheng-Ping
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Qiu-Yun
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Chen