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The crystal structure of the title complex, trans-dichloridotetrakis[1-phenyl-3-(1 H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl-κ N4)propan-1-one]copper(II) hexahydrate, [CuCl2(C11H11N3O)4]·6H2O, is isomorphous with that of the corresponding nickel and cobalt compounds. The complex has crystallographic inversion symmetry with the CuII atom on an inversion centre. Each CuII atom is six-coordinated by one N atom from each of the four 1-phenyl-3-(1 H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-1-one ligands in the equatorial plane and by two chloride ligands in axial positions. The structure includes a centrosymmetric irregular up-up-down-down (uudd) water tetramer cluster and O-H...Cl hydrogen bonds. Intermolecular C-H...Cl hydrogen bonds exist between adjacent molecules, resulting in a three-dimensional supramolecular network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

C38H34Ni2Cl2N4O12, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 17.867(3) Å, b = 9.170(6) Å, c = 24.651(5) Å, β = 110.837(2)°, Z = 4, V = 3775(3) Å3, Rgt(F) = 0.0323, wRref(F2) = 0.1078, T = 293(2) K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]