title: Aqua-bis(benzoato-κO)(5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine-κN,N')copper(II).
abstract: In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(C(7)H(5)O(2))(2)(C(12)H(12)N(2))(H(2)O)], the Cu(II) ion is penta-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry by two O atoms of two benzoate anions and two N atoms of a 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine ligand occupying the basal plane, and a water O atom located at the apical site. In the crystal structure, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a supra-molecular structure. The crystal studied was a racemic twin, as suggested by the Flack parameter of 0.584 (14).
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Chemistry, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, Henan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xi-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xiaojie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang