The title complex, [CuCl2(C10H9N3)], is a monomer, with the Cu atom in
a rather distorted tetrahedral environment provided by two Cl- ions a
nd two N atoms from the bidentate bipyridine derivative, The group is
bisected by a twofold axis passing through the cation and amine N brid
ging the symmetry-related pyridine groups, The deformation of the coor
dination tetrahedron is due to the Cl- ion taking part in intramolecul
ar interactions.