Bis(6-meth-oxy-2-{[tris-(hydroxy-meth-yl)-meth-yl]-imino-meth-yl}phenolato) -copper(II) dihydrate

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C12H16NO5)2]·2H2O, the CuII ion adopts a trans-CuN2O4 octa-hedral geometry arising from two N,O,O′-tridentate 6-meth-oxy-2-{[tris-(hydroxy-meth-yl)meth-yl]-imino- meth-yl}phenolate ligands. The Jahn-Teller distortion of the copper centre is unusally small. In the crystal structure, O - H⋯O hydrogen bonds, some of which are bifurcated, link the component species.