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Bis[bis(3-phenylpyrazol-1-yl)(pyrazol-1-yl)methane]copper(II) bis(perchlorate) acetonitrile disolvate
M Scott Goodman1, Margaret A Goodman, Andrey Y Kovalevsky
1Chemistry Department, State University of New York, College at Buffalo, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222-1095, USA.
Abstract:
The title copper(II) complex, [Cu(C22H18N6)2](ClO4)2.2C2H3N, comprises two neutral substituted tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methane ligands bonded to a central Cu(II) ion, which is positioned on a crystallographic inversion center. Six Cu-N bonds are arranged in a distorted octahedral fashion. The unsubstituted pyrazole rings on each ligand are oriented trans with respect to each other, interdigitated with the two 3-phenylpyrazole rings of the other ligand.
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