The ligand, salicylaldehyde Girard-T hydrazonium chloride, [H 2 SalGT]Cl (1), and two complexes [Cu(HSalGT)X 2 ] · H 2 O (X = Br(2); Cl(3)) were synthesized and their crystal structures were determined by singlecrystal X-ray analysis. In the two isostructural complexes, the Cu(II) is located in a square-pyramidal environment, with the chelating ligand and one halogen atom in the basal plane and the second halogen in the apical position. The most apparent structural difference between the 1 and its complexes 2 and 3 is the orientation of the N(CH 3 ) 3 group: in 1, it is practically coplanar to the rest of the molecule, while in 2 and 3 it is oriented to the side of the axially bonded halogen, which can be explained by the C-H. . .X intramolecular interactions. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductivity, magnetic susceptibility and electronic absorption spectra.
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