metal-organic compounds
The title compound, [Cu(C11H11NO3)(C3H4N2)], adopts a square-pyramidal CuII coordination with a tridentate N-salicylidene-α-aminoisobutyrato Schiff-base dianion and the imidazole ligand bound in the basal plane. The apex of the pyramid is occupied by a phenolic O atom from the neighbouring chelate at an apical distance of 2.623 (2) Å, building a dimeric structural unit in which the copper(II) ions are magnetically equivalent. The dimeric moieties in the crystal packing are tilted with respect to each other leading to a distorted antiferrodistortive ordering.
Supporting information
Crystallographic Information File (CIF) | |
Structure factor file (CIF format) |
CCDC reference: 129311