Chloridotetrakis(1‐ethyl‐1H‐imidazole‐κN3)copper(II) chloride monohydrate

The title compound, [CuCl(C5H8N2)4]Cl·H2O, consists of a discrete [CuCl(Eim)4]+ cation (Eim is 1-ethyl-1H-imidazole), one Cl− anion and one water mol­ecule. The CuII ion adopts a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The basal coordination positions are occupied by the N atoms of the Eim ligands and the apical position is occupied by a Cl− anion. In the crystal structure, ions and water mol­ecules form three-dimensional hydrogen-bond networks which stabilize the structure.