Bis(n-dodecylammonium) bis(chloranilato)diethanolcuprate(II)

In the title compound, (C12H25NH3)2[Cu(C6Cl2O4)2(C2H5OH)2], the CuII atom lies on a crystallographic inversion center and is coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry by four O atoms of two chloranilate ligands and two O atoms of two ethanol molecules which are trans to each other in the axial positions. In the crystal, the CuII mononuclear dianions are linked by O—H...O hydrogen bonds into a tape along the a-axis direction. The tapes are linked through N—H...O hydrogen bonds between the dianion and the n-dodecylammonium cation, forming a two-dimensional network parallel to the ab plane