Synthesis and crystal structure of bis[2-[N-(2-chlorophenyl)formimidayl]-1-naphtholato]-(6Cl)copper(II)

The title compound, bis[2-[N-(2-chlorophenyl)formimidayl]-1-naphtholato]-(6Cl) copper(II), [Cu(C₁₇H₁₁NOCl)₂] (1) was synthesized and its crystal structure was determined. The Compound 1 is monoclinic, space group P2 ₁/c with a = 9.146(3) Å, b = 18.724(3) Å, c = 16.230(2) Å, β = 96.46(1)°, V = 2761.8(11) ų, Z = 4, D _c = 1.503 g cm^?3, μ(Mo Kα) = 1.020 mm^?1, R = 0.0606 for 2361 reflections [I > 2σ(I)]. In the title compound, the Cu atom is coordinated by an N₂O₂ donor set from the imine-phenol ligand in a slightly distorted square planar coordination geometry, with the two phenolate O atoms being deprotonated. The Cu–O bond lengths are 1.878(4) and 1.889(4) Å, the Cu–N bond lengths are 1.980(5) and 1.985(5) Å. The angles O1–Cu–N1 and O2–Cu–N2 are 90.96(19) and 90.72(19)°, respectively.