Bis(2-methyl­benzoato-κ(2) O,O′)(1,10′-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N′)copper(II)

In the title compound, [Cu(C(8)H(7)O(2))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))], the Cu(II) atom assumes a distorted octa­hedral coordination geometry, chelated by two N atoms from the 1,10′-phenanthroline ligand and four O atoms from two 2-methyl­benzoate anions. A significant Jahn–Teller distortion is observed with two axial Cu—O distances significantly longer than those in the equatorial CuO(2)N(2) plane. In the crystal, π–π stacking inter­actions, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.547 (3) or 3.728 (3) Å between the phenanthroline rings, form layers parallel to (011).