Diaqua­bis(ethyl­enediamine-κ(2) N,N′)copper(II) bis­(4-phenyl­benzoate) 2.66-hydrate

In the title complex, [Cu(C(2)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)](C(13)H(9)O(2))(2)·2.66H(2)O, the Cu(II) centre (located at an inversion centre) is coordinated by two bidentate ethyl­enediamine (en) ligands and two water O atoms in a typical Jahn–Teller distorted octahedral geometry. The amino groups and the water mol­ecules are disordered over two distinct crystallographic positions with occupancies of 1/3 and 2/3. In the crystal, the cations and anions are disposed in alternating layers. One of the water mol­ecules of crystallization is disordered and the other has a fractional occupation. In the 2/3 occupancy component, water mol­ecules are organized into a chain composed of hexa­meric units inter­connected by carboxyl­ate bridges.