trans-Dichloridobis[(6-nicotinoyl-2-pyridyl-κN (6))(3-pyridyl-κN)methanone]copper(II)

In the title complex, [CuCl(2)(C(17)H(11)N(3)O(2))(2)], the Cu(II) ion is located on an inversion center. It exhibits a distorted octa­hedral coordination geometry defined by two chloride anions at trans sites and four 3-pyridyl N atoms at equatorial sites from two (6-nicotinoyl-2-pyrid­yl)(3-pyrid­yl)methanone ligands. The (6-nicotinoyl-2-pyrid­yl)(3-pyrid­yl)methanone ligand can be viewed as having two pendant 3-pyridyl rings attached to a central pyridyl skeleton via separate carbonyl bridges, acting in a κ(2) N,N′-chelating mode with its 3-pyridyl N atoms bound to the Cu(II) ion. The pendant 3-pyridyl rings make a dihedral angle of 80.76 (5)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked through inter­molecular C—H⋯π and C—H⋯O inter­actions, forming a three-dimentional framework.