Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Acetonitrile[N,N′-bis-(α-methylcinnamaldehyde)ethylenediamine]iodocopper(I)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(Meca₂en)(CH₃CN)I] (Meca₂en = N,N′-bis(α-methylcinnamaldehyde)ethylenediamine), the Cu(I) atom has a distorted tetrahedral coordination. The organic Schiff-base ligand is bidentate, coordinating the copper(I) atom via two imine N atoms.