title: Bis(2-hy-droxy-benzoato-κO)bis-[3-(4-meth-oxy-phen-yl)-4-(4-methyl-phen-yl)-5-(2-pyrid-yl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-κN,N]copper(II) dihydrate.
abstract: In the title complex, [Cu(C(7)H(5)O(3))(2)(C(21)H(18)N(4)O)(2)]·2H(2)O, the Cu(II) atom is located on a centre of inversion and exists in a tetra-gonally distorted octahedral geometry with a CuN(4)O(2) chromophore. The intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond is highly strained due to the mol-ecular geometry and, as a result, is much shorter than expected. Inter-molecular C-H⋯O and C-H⋯O inter-actions are also observed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zuoxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang