[μ-2,2′-(1,4-Phenyl­ene)diacetato-κ(2) O (1):O (4)]bis­[aqua­(2,2′-bipyridine-κ(2) N,N′)chloridocopper(II)] dihydrate

In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Cu(2)(C(10)H(8)O(4))Cl(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·2H(2)O, the Cu(II) atom is five-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry by two N atoms from a chelating 2,2′-bipyridine ligand, one O atom from a 1,4-phenyl­enediacetate ligand, one Cl atom and one water mol­ecule. The 1,4-phenyl­enediacetate ligand, lying on an inversion center, bridges two Cu(II) atoms. In the crystal, O—H⋯O and O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and π–π inter­actions between the pyridine rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.740 (5) Å] link the complex mol­ecules and uncoordinated water mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network.