Glycylglycinatocopper(II) dihydrate, [(O3N2C4H6)Cu].2H20, crystallizes in the monoclinic system, systematic absences hal, h + k = 2n + 1 and hOl, l(h)= 2n+ 1 consistent with the space groups Cc and C2/c, with a= 12.488 (5), b=9"245 (6), c=13"360 (5) A,, fl=97.68 (3), V= 1528"60 A, 3, Z=8, Dm= 2"00 (1), De= 1"996 g cm -a, /~(Mo K~t)=29.6 cm -1. Intensities for 2229 independent reflections were collected by counter methods. The structure was solved by standard heavy-atom methods (C2/c) and refined by full-matrix least-squares calculations, based on F, to a final R value of 0.038. The final weighted R value and goodness-of-fit are 0.045 and 1"8, respectively. The coordination sphere about the copper atom is square pyramidal with the tridentate glycylglycine dianion and one water molecule, Cu-O distance 1.946 (1) .~, completing an approximate square plane and the second water molecule, Cu-O distance 2.383 (1) A,, occupying an apical position. The crystal contains an extensive array of hydrogen bonds and a weak dimerization of the complexes about centers of symmetry.