[μ-N,N,N′,N′-Tetra­kis(2-pyridyl­meth­yl)butane-1,4-diamine]­bis­[dichlorido­copper(II)] trihydrate

The title dinuclear copper complex, [Cu(2)Cl(4)(C(28)H(32)N(6))]·3H(2)O, is located on a crystallographic inversion center. The unique Cu(II) ion is coordinated in a slightly distorted square-pyramidal environment in which the N atoms of the dipicolyl­amine group and a chloride ligand form the basal plane. The apical position is occupied by a second chloride atom. While the Cu—N distances of the pyridine N atoms are the same within expermental error, the Cu—N distance to the tertiary N atom is slightly elongated. The apical Cu—Cl distance is elongated due to typical Jahn–Teller distortion. One of the water O atoms was refined as disordered over two sites with occupancies 0.734 (17):0.266 (17) and another with half occupancy. H atoms for the disordered solvent atoms were not included in the refinement.