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metal-organic compounds
The title compound, [Cu(C9H7NO3)(C7H9N)], adopts a square-pyramidal CuII coordination with the tridentate N-salicylideneglycinato Schiff-base dianion and the 3,5-dimethylpyridine ligand bound in the basal plane. The apex of the pyramid is occupied by a carboxylic O atom from the neighbouring chelate at an apical distance of 2.386 (2) Å leading to infinite one-dimensional chains along the crystallographic a axis.