Bis(2-hy­droxy­imino­methyl-6-meth­oxy­phenolato-κ(2) N,O (1))copper(II)

In the title compound, [Cu(C(8)H(8)NO(3))(2)], the nearly planar mol­ecule (r.m.s. deviation = 0.037 Å) is centrosymmetric with the Cu(II) atom lying on an inversion center. The Cu(II) atom is tetra­coordinated, displaying a slightly distorted square-planar geometry. The main deviation from the ideal geometry is seen in the differences in the Cu—O [1.8833 (10) Å] and Cu—N [1.9405 (13) Å] bond lengths, while angular deviations are less than 3°. Intra­molecular O—H⋯O and inter­molecular Csp(2)—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form S(5) and R (2) (2)(8) ring motifs, respectively. The latter inter­action results in chains of mol­ecules along [100].