“…Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2005); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL. As a contribution to structural characterization of 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine copper complexes (Deschamps et al, 2002;Dong et al, 2006;Feng et al, 2007;Lin et al 2008;Qian & Huang, 2006;Willett et al, 2001), we present here the crystal structure of the title complex, [CuLL′L′′(OH)].H 2 O (L = benzoate, L′ = benzoic acid, L′′ = 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine).…”