CIS-CHLORO(ISOTHIOCYANATO)BIS(1,10-PHENANTHROLINE)COPPER(II), CIS-[CUCL(NCS)(PHEN)(2)]

The crystal structure of green [CuCl(NCS)(C12H8N2)(2)], containing six-coordinate copper(II) with a tetragonal [(CuN5Cl)-N-II] core, is reported. The copper to isothiocyanate distance is 1.960(6)Angstrom, with Cu bonded to the N-atom end of the thiocyanate moiety. The three remaining short distances for the tetragonal core are Cu-N distances to the 1,10-phenanthrolines which are 2.043(5), 2.060(4) and 2.064(4)Angstrom. One of the long distances to the Cu-atom center is occupied by an N atom of a 1,10-phenanthroline with a Cu-N distance of 2.370(5)Angstrom, and the other long interaction has a Cu-Cl distance of 2.679(2)Angstrom.