Tris(5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′) copper(II) bis(hexafluoridophosphate) acetonitrile monosolvate

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C14H12N2) 3](PF6)2·CH3CN, the [Cu(5,6-dmp)3]2+ cationic complex (5,6-dmp is 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) is stabilized by two hexafluoridophosphate anions and one acetonitrile solvent molecule. The coordination geometry around the CuII atom can be described as distorted elongated octahedral with Rout = 2.277 (2) Å, Rin = 2.052 (2) Å and a tetragonality of 0.9011, acquiring a static stereochemistry. In the supramolecular network, there are intermolecular C - H⋯F and C - H⋯N interactions with R33(16), R22(7), R12(4), R33(16) and C32(7) motifs that lead to an infinite three-dimensional network. © 2012 International Union of Crystallography.