Diaquabis(4,4′-bipyridine-N)bis(dihydrogenphosphato-O)copper(II): blocking of extended metal–ligand coordination by hydrogen bonding

The title compound, [Cu(H(2)PO(4))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], is a mononuclear complex in which the Cu atom is square-planar coordinated by two dihydrogenphosphate anions and two monodentate 4,4'-bipyridine (4,4'-bipy) groups, and by two more distant aqua ligands to complete a distorted octahedral coordination. Metal-metal bridging by 4,4'-bipy is blocked by intermolecular hydrogen bonding from the dihydrogenphosphate to the second N atom of 4,4'-bipy. The crystal packing is controlled both by additional hydrogen bonding between the aqua and phosphate ligands and by pi-stacking. These hydrogen-bonding interactions create two-dimensional networks which are connected by the bipyridine ligands.