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metal-organic compounds
The title compound, [Cu(C6F12O3)(C616N2)].0.5C6H6, forms a four-coordinate complex, with the CuII ion in a slightly distorted square-planar environment. The six-membered chelate ring and the co-ligand form a complex with approximate molecular C2 symmetry. The benzene solvate lies on a crystallographic inversion center.