{N,N-Dimethyl-N′-[1-(2-pyrid­yl)ethyl­idene]ethane-1,2-diamine-κ(3) N,N′,N′′}bis­(thio­cyanato-κN)copper(II)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu(NCS)(2)(C(11)H(17)N(3))], consists of two crystallographically independent mol­ecules. In each mol­ecule, the Cu(II) ion is five-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry wherein the basal plane is defined by the N,N′,N"-tridentate Schiff base and one N-bound thio­cyanate ligand. The second N-donor thio­cyanate group, located at the apical site, completes the coordination environment. In the crystal, inter­molecular C—H⋯S and C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link adjacent mol­ecules into infinite layers parallel to the ac plane. Intra­molecular C—H⋯N inter­actions are also observed.