Crystal structure of di-μ-hydroxido-bis{aqua[ethyl (1,10-phenanthrolin-3-yl)phosphonato-κ2N,N′]copper(II)} heptahydrate

In the title compound, [Cu2(OH)2{C12H7N2(PO3C2H5)}2(H2O)2]·7H2O, two Cu2+ cations are bridged by two hydroxide groups, forming a centrosymmetric binuclear complex. Each Cu2+cation is further coordinated by the N atoms of a bidentate ethyl (1,10-phenanthrolin-3-yl)phosphonate anion and a water molecule in a square-pyramidal geometry. In the crystal, a network of O—H...O hydrogen bonds involving the P(O)(O−)(OEt) groups, bridging hydroxyl groups, coordinated and uncoordinated water molecules generates a three-dimensional supramolecular structure. The ethyl group exhibits disorder and was modelled over three sites with occupancies of 0.455, 0.384 and 0.161