Crystal structure of copper(II) bis-hexafluoroacetylacetonate

An X-ray diffraction investigation has performed for copper(II) bis-hexafluoroacetylacetonate (Bruker AXS P4 automatic diffractometer, MoK radiation, t = –25°C). Crystal data for C₁₀H₂CuF₁₂O₄: a = 5.530(1) Å, b = 6.038(1) Å, c = 11.266(2) Å, = 95.948(3)°, = 101.743(3)°, = 92.298(3)°, space group; P1, V = 365.6(1) ų, Z = 1, d _calc = 2.169 g/cm³. The square-planar environment of the copper atom (Cu-O_av 1.912 Å, O-Cu-O_av 93°) is completed to bipyramidal by two fluorine atoms of the neighboring molecules, Cu...F 2.71 Å and 2.75 Å.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by S. A. Gromilov, I. A. Baidina, P. A. Stabnikov, and G. V. RomanenkoTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 502–507, May–June 2004.