Crystal structure of bis-{1-[(E)-(2-meth-oxy-phen-yl)diazen-yl]naphthalen-2-olato-κ(3) O,N (2),O'}copper(II) containing an unknown solvate

The title complex, [Cu(C17H13N2O2)2], crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. Each Cu(II) atom has a distorted ocahedral coordination environment defined by two N atoms and four O atoms from two tridentate 1-[(E)-(2-meth-oxy-phen-yl)diazen-yl]naphthalen-2-olate ligands. In the crystal, the two mol-ecules are linked via weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds which in turn stack parallel to [010]. A region of disordered electron density, most probably disordered methanol solvent molecules, was corrected for using the SQUEEZE routine in PLATON [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9-18]. Their formula mass and unit-cell characteristics were not taken into account during refinement.