title: Bis(6-meth-oxy-2-{[tris-(hydroxy-meth-yl)-meth-yl]-imino-meth-yl}phenolato)-copper(II) dihydrate.
abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C(12)H(16)NO(5))(2)]·2H(2)O, the Cu(II) ion adopts a trans-CuN(2)O(4) octa-hedral geometry arising from two N,O,O'-tridentate 6-meth-oxy-2-{[tris-(hydroxy-meth-yl)meth-yl]-imino-meth-yl}phenolate ligands. The Jahn-Teller distortion of the copper centre is unusally small. In the crystal structure, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, some of which are bifurcated, link the component species.
authors.forename: Xiutang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Peihai
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hu