Di-μ-chlorido-bis­[(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N′)(trichloro­acetato-κO)copper(II)]

The title compound, [Cu(2)(C(2)Cl(3)O(2))(2)Cl(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)], features a centrosymmetric binuclear complex. The coordination geometry around the Cu(II) atom is square-pyramidal, comprising two N atoms from a symmetrically chelating 1,10-phenanthroline ligand, one O atom from a trichloro­acetate ligand and two Cl(−) anions. In addition, there is a weak intra­molecular Cu⋯O inter­action of 2.9403 (14) Å involving the carbonyl O atom of the trichloro­acetate ligand. The central Cu(2)Cl(2) core takes the form of a rhombus, owing to the disparate Cu—Cl bond lengths. Mol­ecules are connected in the crystal structure by C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯O inter­actions.