PYRIDINE)(TRICHLOROACETATO)COPPER(II)]DICHLOROFORM SOLVATE

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu-2(C2Cl3O2)(4)(C6H4N2) (2)(H2O)].2CHCl(3), was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction . Two Cu atoms, separated by a distance of 3.567 (2) Angstrom, are bri dged by a water molecule and two trichloroacetate ions to form a local binuclear unit. The binuclear units are linked by 3-cyanopyridine mol ecules to form a two-dimensional network. The coordination geometry ar ound Cu is tetragonally elongated octahedral. The spin-exchange intera ction between the Cu atoms in the local binuclear unit is weakly antif erromagnetic.