Di-μ-methacrylato-κ⁴O:O′-bis[aquabis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ²N,N′)copper(II)] dinitrate dihydrate

Abstract

The title complex, [Cu2(C4H5O2)2(C12H8N2)2(H2O)2](NO3)2·2H2O, contains a dimeric [Cu2(C4H5O2)2(C12H8N2)2(H2O)2]2+ dication with two five-coordinated CuII ions linked by two methacrylate ions in a syn–syn bridging arrangement. The dication possesses pseudo-twofold rotational symmetry. The penta­coordination of each CuII ion has a distorted square-pyramidal geometry, with two N donors from a phenanthroline ligand and two carboxyl­ate O atoms occupying basal sites and the apical position being occupied by a water mol­ecule. In the crystal packing, mol­ecules are linked to form a three-dimensional framework by O—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distances of 3.6039 (15), 3.5301 (15), 3.6015 (15), 3.6496 (15) and 3.6858 (15) Å].