Aqua(2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′) bis(4-iodobenzoato-κO)copper(II)

Abstract

The CuII atom in the title compound, [Cu(C7H 4IO2)2(C10H8N 2)(H2O)], is N,N′-chelated by a 2,2′- bipyridine ligand and is coordinated by two monodentate carboxyl-ate ions and a water molecule in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The apical site is occupied by one of the carboxyl-ate O atoms. The water molecule forms intra-molecular hydrogen bonds to the uncoordinated carboxyl O atoms. The crystal studied was a nonmerohedral twin with minor components in 0.381 (3) and 0.108 (2) proportions.