title: μ-1,4-Bis(pyridin-4-ylmeth-yl)piperazine-κN:N'-bis-[aqua-bis-(3-bromo-5-carb-oxy-benzoato-κO)copper(II)].
abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(2)(C(8)H(4)BrO(4))(4)(C(16)H(20)N(4))(H(2)O)(2)], slightly distorted square-planar-coordinated Cu(II) ions are bound by one aqua ligand and two monodentate 3-bromo-5-carb-oxy-benzoate anions, and linked into a centrosymmetric dinuclear mol-ecule by a bridging 1,4-bis-(pyridin-4-ylmeth-yl)piperazine (4-bpmp) ligand. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected into a supra-molecular two-dimensional network parallel to (131) via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the aqua ligands and 3-bromo-5-carb-oxy-benzoate carboxyl-ate groups.
authors.affiliation: Lyman Briggs College, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48825,  USA.
authors.forename: Jodi L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Laduca