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metal-organic compounds
The copper(II) ion in the title complex, [Cu(C2H3O2)2(C10H9N3)].2H2O, is coordinated unsymmetrically to each of the two bidentate acetate ligands and to the N atoms of the di-2-pyridylamine (dpyam) ligand. The copper(II) ion is surrounded by a distorted square-based arrangement of the two dpyam pryidyl N atoms at distances of 1.974 (2) and 1.995 (2) Å, and by two acetate O atoms at distances of 1.965 (1) and 1.967 (1) Å. The second O atom from each acetate group is involved in weak coordination in the tetragonal positions, at longer Cu—O distances of 2.482 (2) and 2.690 (2) Å, completing the six-coordination. The overall geometry at the copper(II) ion is best described as distorted octahedral with elongated axial bonds.