A Condensed Dialkoxide Complex of Copper(II), [(CH₃)₂NCH₂CH₂N(CH₃)₂]Cu[{OC(CF₃)₂}₂O]

The title complex, [1,1,1,5,5,5-hexa­fluoro-3-oxa-2,4-bis­(trifluoromethyl)-2,4-pentanediolato-O,O']- (N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine-N,N')copper(II), [Cu(C₆F₁₂O₃)(C₆H₁₆N₂)], contains a condensed dialkoxide ligand forming a markedly non-planar six-membered chelate ring with a skew-boat conformation. There are two independent molecules in the unit cell. In molecule (1), the absolute conformations of the tetramethylethylenediamine and dialkoxide rings are both λ and in molecule 2, they are δ and λ, respectively. The mean O—Cu—O angle is 92.6 (3)°, with a mean Cu—O bond length of 1.893 (3) Å.

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