Aqua(2-oxido-2,2-diphenylacetato-κ²O¹,O²)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ²N,N′)copper(II)

Abstract

In the title mononuclear complex, [Cu(C14H10O3)(C12H8N2)(H2O)], the CuII atom is five-coordinated by two N atoms from a 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand, two O atoms from a benzilate ligand and one O atom from a water mol­ecule in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The crystal structure is stabilized via inter­molecular O—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, C—H⋯π inter­actions and π–π stacking inter­actions between the pyridine and benzene rings of neighboring phen ligands [centroid–centroid distances = 3.684 (2), 3.564 (2) and 3.380 (1) Å].