The chiral nitrogen‐chelating alkaloid (−)‐sparteine acts as a bidentate ligand, reacting with copper(II) acetate in ethanol to form the title complex, [Cu(CH3COO)2(C15H26N2)], with the two acetate groups occupying the remaining coordination sites in a monodentate fashion to produce a distorted four‐coordinate tetrahedral structure. The dihedral angle between the N—Cu—N and O—Cu—O planes is 45.8 (3)°.
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