Structure of tetra­kis­(μ-deca­noato-κ(2) O:O′)bis­[(4-methyl­pyridine-κN)copper(II)], a dimeric copper(II) complex

The 4-methyl­pyridine (4-Mepy) based dimeric copper(II) carboxyl­ate complex [Cu(2)(C(10)H(19)O(2))(4)(C(6)H(7)N)(2)] or [Cu(2)(μ-O(2)CC(9)H(19))(4)(4-Mepy)(2)] crystallizes with triclinic (P [Image: see text]) symmetry. The two Cu(II) ions exhibit a distorted square-pyramidal environment and are connected into a centrosymmetric paddle-wheel dinuclear cluster [Cu⋯Cu = 2.6472 (8) Å] via four bridging carboxyl­ate ligands arranged in the syn–syn coordination mode. The apical positions around the paddle-wheel copper centers are occupied by the N atoms of the 4-methyl­pyridine ligands. The structure exhibits disorder of the terminal alkyl carbon atoms in the deca­noate chains.