The title molecule, [CU2(Cu6H5COO)(4)(C10H14N2O)(2)], is a crystallogr
aphically centrosymmetric binuclear complex, with Cu atoms [Cu...Cu' =
2.613 (1) Angstrom] bridged by four benzoate ligands. The four neares
t O atoms around each Cu atom form a square-planar arrangement with th
e square-pyramidal coordination completed by the pyridine N atom of th
e N,N(-diethylnicotinamide ligand at a distance of 2.162(6) Angstrom.
Each Cu atom is displaced by 0.190 (1) Angstrom from the plane of the
four O atoms, with an average Cu-O distance of 1.974(6) Angstrom.