A copper(II) compound, [CuL][CuL(OH 2 )]·ClO 4 ·0.5CH 3 OH, where L = 1,2-diaminobenzene-N,N -bis(3-methoxysalicylidenei mine), has been synthesized and characterized by means of spectroscopic methods and single-crystal X-ray structure determination. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Cmc2 1 with unit cell dimensions a = 17.981(3) Å, b = 17.776(3) Å, c = 14.047(3) Å, V = 4489.8(14) Å 3 , Z = 4, R 1 = 0.0511, and wR 2 = 0.1267. The asymmetric unit of the compound contains one mononuclear [CuL] unit, in which the Cu atom adopts a squareplanar geometry, one mononuclear [CuL(OH 2 )] unit, in which the Cu atom adopts a square-pyramidal geometry, one perchlorate anion, and one half methanol solvate. The compound was tested for its antibacterial activities to assess its inhibiting potential.