The title complex, [CuCl2(C20H26N2O2)](2), has a centrosymmetrical dim
eric structure linked by a pair of chloride bridges. Each Cu atom has
the five-coordinated geometry of a distorted square pyramid. The axial
sites are occupied by the bridging chlorides which are bound asymmetr
ically to Cu at distances of 2.8288(14) and 2.2963 (12) Angstrom. The
Cu...Cu distance of 3.4294(13) Angstrom is too long to suggest a Cu-Cu
bond in the dimeric unit.