Aquamalonato(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(II) sesquihydrate

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cu(C3H4O4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)]·1.5H2O, there are two complex mol­ecules and three uncoordinated water mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. In both complex mol­ecules, the Cu atom is five-coordinated by one bidentate 1,10-phenanthroline mol­ecule, one bidentate malonate dianion and one water mol­ecule, resulting in a distorted square-based pyramidal CuN2O3 chromophore. The structure is stabilized by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving both the coordinated and uncoordinated water mol­ecules.