The title compound, [Cu(C17H14Br2N2O2)], has a crystallographic twofold axi
s. The coordination geometry about the Cu-II centre is a tetrahedrally dist
orted square plane formed by the four-coordinate N2O2 donor set of the Schi
ff base imine-phenol ligand. The Cu-N and Cu-O distances are 1.967(5) and 1
.914(4) Angstrom, respectively.