(μ3-Trithiocyanurato-κ6N1,S2:N3,S4:N5,S6) tris[(N,N,N′,N",N"-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine-κ3N,N′,N")copper(II)] tris(perchlorate)

In the title compound, [Cu-3(C9H23N3)(3)(C3N3S3)](ClO4)(3), the three Cu-II centres, related by the body-diagonal threefold rotation symmetry along [ 111], are bridged by a trithiocyanurate( 3 -) anion ( ttc), with each centre having a considerably distorted trigonal - bipyramidal geometry and bonded to three N atoms of a tridentate N, N, N', N '', N ''-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine ligand, and one S and one N atoms of the ttc ligand. The secondary structure is stabilized by a variety of weak hydrogen bonds of the type C - H center dot center dot center dot O ( H center dot center dot center dot A < 2.7 angstrom) connecting the cation and perchlorate anions.