title: Aquabis(benzoato-κO)bis-(1H-imidazole-κN)copper(II) monohydrate.
abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C(7)H(5)O(2))(2)(C(3)H(4)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)]·H(2)O, the Cu(II) atom is in a distorted square-pyramidal environment. The mol-ecules are assembled into double chains extending along [010] by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. These double chains are linked by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to (02); the layers are linked into a three-dimensional network by van der Waals inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Base of Novel Functional Materials and Preparation Science, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Solid Materials Chemistry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bin-Bin
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Hong-Zhen
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Xie