(2,2′-Bipyridine-κ2N,N′){N-[2-oxido-5-(phenyldiazenyl)benzylidene-κO]glycinato-κ2N,O}copper(II)

In the title compound, [Cu(C15H11N3O3)(C10H8N2)], the Cu-II atom is five-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal CuN3O2 geometry. The basal positions are occupied by three donor atoms from the tridentate Schiff base ligand and by one N atom from the 2,2'-bipyridine ligand. The axial position is occupied by the other N atom of the 2,2'-bipyridine ligand. The crystal structure is consolidated by weak C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds. In addition, pi-pi interactions between adjacent pyridine rings (centroid-centroid distances = 3.238 and 3.313 angstrom) may also stabilize the crystal packing.