title: Bis(cinnamato-κO)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N')copper(II).
abstract: The title mononuclear Cu(II) complex, [Cu(C9H7O2)2(C12H8N2)], is comprised of a Cu(II) cation, two cinnamate (L (-)) ligands and a 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand. The Cu(II) atom and phen ligand lie on a twofold rotation axis. The Cu(II) atom is coordinated by two O atoms from two carboxyl-ate groups of two (L (-)) ligands and two N atoms from one phen ligand, exhibiting a distorted square-planar geometry. In the crystal, mol-ecules are assembled into supra-molecular chains parallel to the c axis through weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the phen and cinnamate ligands.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche de Chimie de l'Environnement et Moléculaire Structurale (CHEMS), Faculté des Sciences Exactes, Département de Chimie, Université de Constantine 1, 25000 Constantine, Algeria.
authors.forename: Meriem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benslimane
authors.forename: Yasmine Kheira
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Redjel
authors.forename: Hocine
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merazig
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Daran