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The crystal structure of di-μ-methoxo-bis(chloro-2-methylpyridine copper(II)), [CuCl(OCH3)-(2-mepy)]2, has been determined from three-dimensional, photographically recorded X-ray data. The unit cell is monoclinic, space groupP21/c, with dimensionsa = 8·79,b = 6·01,c = 17·59 Å, β = 104·4° and contains two centrosymmetric dimeric units [CuCl(OCH3). (2-mepy)]2, in which the copper atoms are linked by methoxide oxygen bridges, the dimers being joined into infinite chains through long copper-chlorine bonds. The environment of each copper atom may be described as a distorted tetragonal pyramid with one chlorine, one nitrogen and two oxygen atoms in the base and a chlorine atom from an adjacent dimer at the apex.
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Sterns, M. Crystal structure of di-μ-methoxo-bis(chloro-2-methylpyridine copper(II)). Journal of Crystal and Molecular Structure 1, 383–387 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01201128
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01201128