[2,6‐Bis(3,5‐dimethylpyrazol‐1‐ylmethyl)pyridine]iodocopper(I) dichloromethane solvate

The title compound, [CuI(C₁₇H₂₁N₅)]·CH₂Cl₂, contains a tetracoordinate Cu^I centre with an unusual distorted tetrahedral stereochemistry, which has also been observed in other Cu^I complexes containing this tridentate ligand. This distortion is probably a result of intermolecular steric contacts between the I^? ligand and a neighbouring CH₂Cl₂ mol­ecule.