Aqua{4,4′,6,6′-tetrafluoro-2,2′-[(piperazine-1,4-diyl)dimethylene]diphenolato}copper(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C18H16F4N2O2)(H2O)], the CuII atom shows a distorted square-pyramidal coordination geometry with the N,N′,O,O′-tetra­dentate piperazine–diphenolate ligand forming the basal plane. The apical site is occupied by the O atom of a coordinated water mol­ecule. Neighbouring complexes are associated through inter­molecular O—H⋯O and O—H⋯F hydrogen bonds between the water mol­ecule and a phenolate O atom or an F atom from an adjacent ligand, respectively, forming a centrosymmetric dimer. Dimers are linked by additional inter­molecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds, giving infinite chains propagating along the a axis.