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metal-organic compounds
A Polymeric CuI Complex of Bis(1-pyrazolylmethyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (BPPA), [Cu2(μ-BPPA)(μ-I)2]n
The title complex, catena- poly{di-μ-(iodo)-[μ-bis(1-pyrazolylmethyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine]dicopper}, is reported. The BPPA ligand, bis(1-pyrazolylmethyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine, acts as a bis-bidenate ligand reacting with copper(I) iodide in acetonitrile to form the title complex. In the repeat unit of the title complex, one CuI atom is ligated by two pyrazole groups from one ligand and the other CuI atom is ligated by one pyridine group and an amine from the second ligand. The Cu+ ions are separated by a distance of 2.587 (1) Å.