metal-organic compounds
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In the title binuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu2(ClO4)2(OH)2(C10H8N2)2], the CuII ion is coordinated in the form of a Jahn–Teller distorted octahedron by two bipyridine N atoms, two perchlorate O atoms and two hydroxide O atoms, and displays a distorted octahedral geometry. The molecule belongs to the symmetry point group C2h. The CuII ion is located on a twofold rotation axis and the hydroxide and perchlorate ligands are located on a mirror plane. Within the dinuclear molecule, the CuCu separation is 2.8614 (7) Å. The crystal structure exhibits O—HO, C—HO and π–π [centroid–centroid distance = 3.5374 (13) Å] interactions.