The X-ray crystal structure determination of the title copper derivati
ve, [bis(6-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl) sulfide-N,N', S] bis(trifluoromethy
lsulfonato-O)copper (II) dichloromethane solvate, shows that this comp
ound contains monomeric [Cu(DMPT)OSO2CF3)(2)] molecules in which the C
u-II ion in surrounded by a tridentate DMPT ligand [Cu-N1 2.001(4), Cu
-N2 1.977(4) and Cu-S3 2.319 (1) Angstrom] and by a pair of trifluorom
ethylsulfonato ligands [Cu-O1 2.205(4) and Cu-O4 2.043 (3) Angstrom] i
n a distorted tetragonal-pyramidal environment.