Chlorido(pentane-2,4-dionato-κ2O,O′)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)copper(II)

The CuII atom in the title compound, [Cu(C5H7O2)Cl(C12H8N2)], shows a distorted square-planar coordination; the chelating N and O atoms occupy the basal sites and the Cl atom the apical site. The square-pyramidal character along the Berry D3h–C4v pseudorotation pathway is 92%.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chew Hee Ng, Seik Weng Ng, Yew Sent Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2009-08-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809027111