Dichlorido{2-[(4-iodo-phen-yl)imino-meth-yl]pyridine-κN,N'}copper(II)

Abstract

The Cu(II) atom in the title complex, [CuCl(2)(C(12)H(9)IN(2))], has a square-planar coordination being N,N'-chelated by the Schiff base ligand, and by two Cl atoms. The geometry is distorted towards square pyramidal owing to a long Cu⋯Cl inter-action of 2.941 (1) Å. This results in the formation of a zigzag chain structure propagating in the c-axis direction.

Fig. 1.

A view of the structure of the title complex, with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level [H atoms are represented as spheres of arbitrary radius].

Fig. 2.

A view of the Cu···Cl2i bridged zigzag bridged chain structure of the title compound [Symmetry operations (i) = x, 1.5-y, -0.5+z]