Diaquabis(8-chloro-1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-7H-purinato-κN ⁷)copper(II) dihydrate

Abstract

The title mononuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu(C 7 H 6 ClN 4 O 2 ) 2 (H 2 O) 2 ]·2H 2 O, based on 8-chloro­theophylline (HCt), has the Cu atom at a center of symmetry in a slightly distorted trans square-planar geometry coordinated by two N atoms of two deprotonated HCt ligands and two O atoms of water mol­ecules. The crystal packing is stabilized by hydrogen bonds involving deprotonated HCt ligands, coordinated water mol­ecules and uncoordinated solvent water mol­ecules.