Chlorobis(1,10-phenanthroline-? 2 N , N ')copper(II) dicyanamide

In the complex cation of the title compound, [CuCl(C12H8N2)2][N(CN)2], the Cu atom is five-coordinated, within a distorted trigonal bipyramid, by two 1,10-phenanthroline mol­ecules and one Cl ligand. The Cl ligand is coordinated in the equatorial plane and lies, along with the Cu atom, on the twofold rotation axis. The axial Cu—N distances are substantially shorter than the equatorial Cu—N distances. A twofold rotation axis passes through the central N atom of the anion.