Abstract

In the title compound, hexa-μ2-bromido-μ4-oxo-tetra­kis{[3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidin­yl)pyridine-κN]copper(II)}, [Cu4Br6O(C10H14N2)4], the four Cu atoms are tetra­hedrally arranged around the O atom at the cluster center. The Cu and coordinated N atoms lie along directions which correspond to four of the eight threefold axial directions of a regular octa­hedron. Each Cu atom lies at the center of a trigonal bipyramid, with the O atom and the pyridine N atom of a nicotine ligand in the axial positions and three Br atoms in the equatorial positions. Average bond distances are: Cu—N = 1.979 (8), Cu—O = 1.931 (6), Cu—Br = 2.514 (14) and Cu⋯Cu = 3.154 (6) ÅÅ. The configuration of the nicotine ligands is that of the trans diastereomer. In addition, the crystal structure contains five intra­molecular C—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, which determine (or support) the orientation of the nicotine mol­ecules relative to their three equatorial Br atoms. One of the nicotine mol­ecules has two C—H⋯Br contacts, while the other three nicotine mol­ecules show only one C—H⋯Br bond each. Two other inter­molecular C—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds connect the complex mol­ecules, forming ribbons which extend in the b- and c-axis directions.

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