简介：Thecombinationofboth4,4′-bipyridine(4,4′-bipy)anddihydrogenphosphateanionligandswithcopper(Ⅱ)resultsintheformationofanovellayeredcompoundCu(4,4′-bipy)2(H2PO4)2(H2O)2.ThecrystalstructurecomprisesdiscreteneutralCu(4,4′-bipy)2(H2PO4)2(H2O)2units.Thecopperatom,locatedonthecrystallographictwofoldaxis,iscoordinatedwithtwonitrogenatomsofterminal4,4′-bipyligandsandtwowatermoleculesattheequatorialpositions,andtwodihydrogenphosphateoxygenatomsattheaxialpositions,forminganelongatedoctahedron.Thecomplexisatwo-dimensionaldistortedrhomboidalnetworkpossessingtwokindsofrhomboidswithdimensionsofca.1.6792nm×0.3203nmand1.2778nm×0.3198nm,respectively.Thetwo-dimensionalnetworksarestackedparallellyoneachotheralongc-axistogiveanextendedthree-dimensionalchannelnetworkwithaninterlayerdistanceofca.0.5030nm.Crystaldata:triclinic,spacegroupP-1,a=1.0253(2)nm,b=1.4501(3)nm,c=0.79715(16)nm,α=97.91(3)°,β=90.99(3)°,γ=85.54(3)°,V=1.1703(4)nm3,Z=2,R=0.0892,wR=0.2451.