Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface of bis-(acetato-κ2 O,O')(2-benzyl-1H-benzimidazole-κN 3)copper(II).

The title copper(II) complex, [Cu(C2H3O2)2(C14H12N2)2], was synthesized and structurally characterized. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2 1 /n with one mol-ecule per asymmetric unit. The Cu2+ ion exhibits a distorted octa-hedral (4 + 2) coordination geometry. The crystal packing is consolidated by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions. Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that H⋯H, H⋯C/C⋯H and O⋯H/H⋯O contacts are the major contributors to the crystal packing.