Bromidotetra-kis-(1H-2-ethyl-5-methyl-imidazole-κN)copper(II) bromide

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Dec 1;67(Pt 12):m1906. doi: 10.1107/S1600536811051117. Epub 2011 Nov 30.

Abstract

The Cu(II) ion in the title compound, [CuBr(C(6)H(10)N(2))(4)]Br, is coordinated in a square-based-pyramidal geometry by the N atoms of four imidazole ligands and a bromide anion in the apical site. Both the Cu(II) and Br(-) atoms lie on a crystallographic fourfold axis. In the crystal, the [CuBr(C(6)H(10)N(2))(4)](+) complex cations are linked to the uncoordinated Br(-) anions (site symmetry [Formula: see text]) by N-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, generating a three-dimensional network. The ethyl group of the imidazole ligand was modelled as disordered over two orientations with occupancies of 0.620 (8) and 0.380 (8).