Crystal structure of aqua­(perchlorato)bis­[μ-(E)-2-({[2-(pyridin-2-yl)eth­yl]imino}­meth­yl)phenolato-κ(4) N,N′,O:O]dicopper(II) perchlorate

The title compound, [Cu(2)(ClO(4))(C(14)H(13)N(2)O)(2)(H(2)O)]ClO(4), crystallizes as an unsymmetrical dinuclear cation bridged by the phen­oxy O atoms with one Cu(II) atom coordinated by a water mol­ecule and the other by a perchlorate anion, thus making both Cu(II) atoms five-coordinate, and with a further perchlorate anion present for charge balance. A long inter­action [2.9893 (5) Å] between one of the two Cu(II) atoms and an O atom of the perchlorate counter-ion links the cations and anions into linear chains along the a-axis direction. In addition, the water H atoms link with the perchlorate counter-ion. These inter­actions, along with numerous C—H⋯O inter­actions between the tetra­hedral perchlorate anions, link the ions into a complex three-dimensional array. One of the perchlorate anions is disordered over two conformations with occupancies of 0.586 (4) and 0.414 (4).