Aqua(glycinato)(3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)copper(II) Nitrate

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C2H4NO2)(CI6HI6N2)- (H20)]NO3, Cun displays distorted square-pyramidal coordination where the water molecule is in the api- cal position and the base is defined by the N and one of the O atoms from the glycinate ligand, and both phenan- throline N atoms. The phenanthroline chelate-ring plane (N1, C12, Cll, N2, Cu) is slightly distorted from pla- narity, whereas the five-membered ring formed by the glycinate ligand (defined by atoms N3, C18, C17, O1 and Cu), presents a distorted half-chair conformation.