“…2,2 H -[1,2-Phenylenebis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenol (L18) is a well known Schiff base which can act as a tetradentate ligand, and its square-planar copper complex has been described as an isolated molecule in a number of crystalline forms, both on its own (Suresh et al, 1996), (1), as well as stabilized by a variety of different solvates, e.g. water [(2); Yao et al, 1997], thiourea [(3); Ferrari et al, 1976] and tetracyanoquinodimethane [(4); Cassoux & Gleizes, 1980]. During the synthesis of a heteronuclear Cu±Gd(L18) complex, we obtained some crystals which happened to be a new unreported form of the Cu(L18) complex, (I), this time stabilized by a molecule of CH 2 Cl 2 , and which we report herein.…”