Diaqua-bis(ethyl-enediamine-κN,N')copper(II) 2,2'-dithio-dinicotinate sesquihydrate

In the title compound, [Cu(C(2)H(8)N(2))(2)](C(12)H(6)N(2)O(4)S(2))·1.5H(2)O, there are two half-molecules of the cationic complex in the asymmetric unit. The Cu(2+) ions lie on inversion centres and are octa-hedrally coordinated by two ethyl-enediamine (en) and two aqua ligands in a typical Jahn-Teller distorted environment with the water O atoms in the axial positions. Two 2-mercaptonicotinate units (mnic) are linked by a disulfide bridge. All the ethyl-enediamine N-H and O-H groups form inter-molecular hydrogen bonds with acceptor O and N atoms, giving rise to a three-dimensional network. One of the uncoordinated water molecules has a site occupation factor of 0.5.