Crystal structure of bis-{μ-2-[bis-(2-hy-droxy-eth-yl)amino]-ethano-lato}bis-(μ-3,5-di-methyl-pyrazolato)tricopper(II) dibromide sesquihydrate.

In the title bicyclic trinuclear pyrazolate amino-alcohol complex, [Cu(3)(C(5)H(7)N(2))(2)(C(6)H(14)NO(3))(2)]Br(2)·1.5H(2)O, the central Cu atom lies on a center of symmetry and is involved in the formation of two five-membered rings. It has a coordination number of 4, is in a distorted tetra-hedral environment and is connected by the bridging oxygen atoms of the deprotonated OH groups of different amino-alcohol groups, and by the N atoms of deprotonated di-methyl-pyrazole ligands. The peripheral Cu atom is in a trigonal-bipyramidal coordination environment formed by the nitro-gen atom of the deprotonated bridging di-methyl-pyrazole unit, the bridging oxygen atom of the deprotonated OH group, two oxygen atoms of the protonated hy-droxy groups and the nitro-gen atom of tri-ethano-lamine. One of the C atoms and the Br(-) anion were found to be disordered over two positions with occupancy factors of 0.808†(9):0.192†(9) and 0.922†(3):0.078†(3), respectively.