Abstract: | The complex Cu(nitroca2ph)2]ClO4, where nitroca2ph is N,N′‐bis(2‐nitrocinnamaldehyde)phenylenediimine, crystallizes in the triclinic space group with a = 13.167(1), b = 13.209(1), c = 14.465(1) Å, α = 83.209(9)°, β = 68.438(2)°, γ = 70.803(2)°, V = 2209.4(3) Å3, Z = 2, Dcalc = 1.527 mg/m3. The coordination polyhedron about the Cu(I) atom is best described as a distorted tetrahedron. 2‐nitroca2en acts as a bidentate ligand coordinating via two N atoms to the copper. The four Cu–N distances are 2.04 (2), 2.038(2), 2.046(2), and 2.062(2) Å. |