Di-mu-hydroxido-bis{[bis(6-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)(2-phenylethyl)amine-kappa(3)N',N'',N''']copper(II)} bis(perchlorate).

The title compund, Cu(2)(OH)(2)(C(22)H(25)N(3))(2)(2), is a copper(II) dimer, with two CuL units [L is bis(6-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)(2-phenylethyl)amine] bridged by hydroxide groups to define the {CuL(2)[CuL]}(2+) cation. Charge balance is provided by perchlorate counter-anions. The cation has a crystallographic inversion centre halfway between the Cu(II) ions, which are separated by 3.0161 (8) Angstrom. The central core of the cation is an almost regular Cu(2)O(2) parallelogram of sides 1.931 (2) and 1.935 (2) Angstrom, with a Cu-O-Cu angle of 102.55 (11) degrees . The coordination geometry around each Cu(II) centre can be best described as a square-based pyramid, with three N atoms from L ligands and two hydroxide O atoms completing the coordination environment. Each cationic unit is hydrogen bonded to two perchlorate anions by means of hydroxide-perchlorate O-H...O interactions.