Di­chlorido­bis­[1-(2,4,6-tri­methyl­phen­yl)-1H-imidazole-κN³]copper(II)

In the title complex, [CuCl₂(C₁₂H₁₄N₂)₂], the Cu²⁺ cation is situated on an inversion centre and is coordinated by two N atoms from symmetry-related 1-mesityl-1H-imidazole ligands and by two chloride anions in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry. In the organic ligand, the dihedral angle between the benzene ring of the mesityl moiety and the imidazole ring is 76.99 (18)°. Weak intra­molecular C—H...Cl hydrogen-bonding inter­actions consolidate the mol­ecular conformation.