Abstract.[Cu(H20)6](BrO3)2, M,=427"44, cubic, Pa-3, a = 10.3240 (6) A, V = 1100.38 (4) A 3, Z = 4, Dx=2"580gcm -3, A(MoK~)=0.71073A, /~= 92.32 cm-l, F(000) = 828, T = 296 K, R = 0.038 for 336 unique reflections having I > trz. The single type of copper ion (site symmetry 3) is coordinated by six water-molecule O atoms, each at an observed distance of 2-079 (4)A, in an array which is virtually regular octahedral, the nominal 90 ° angles measuring 89.95 (15) and 90.05 (15) °. Thus, this is not a typical Cu" complex in which (consistent with a static JahnTeller effect) a distorted octahedral array displays '(2 + 2 + 2)' coordination; rather, it is the sixth strict example of a CuII static structure inconsistent with the Jahn-Teller theorem. The presence of a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect is supported by the data. The single type of bromate ion has an observed Br---O bond length 1.649 (3)A and O--Br--O bond angle 104.17 (15) °. The bromate ion was found to manifest rigid-body behavior but, consistent with a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect, the copper-oxygen complex did not. The Br---O bond length corrected for rigid-body motion is 1.663 A. Refinement of the positional parameters of the two inequivalent H atoms permitted a detailed analysis of hydrogen bonding, which occurs principally between the oxygen octahedra and the bromate groups. This structure is isomorphic with those of hexaaquanickel(II) chlorate, hexaaquacobalt(II) bromate and hexaaquanickel(II) bro-