Mehmood Tahir, Bhosale Rajesh S, Reddy J Prakasha
Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Indrashil University, Rajpur, Gujarat, 382740, India.
Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2021 Jun 25;77(Pt 7):726-729. doi: 10.1107/S2056989021006277. eCollection 2021 Jul 1.
The title compound, (CHN)[CuCl], crystallizes in the monoclinic space group 2/. The coordination around the copper atom is a distorted tetra-hedron. The 2-methyl-pyridinium ion (CHN) inter-acts with the tetra-chloro-cuprate anion through N-H⋯Cl and C-H(phen-yl)⋯Cl contacts, forming a hydrogen-bonded layer-like structure. The supra-molecular structure is further stabilized by C-H(meth-yl)⋯Cl inter-actions between the layers.