Bis(2-amino-4-methyl-pyridinium) bis-(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxyl-ato)cuprate(II).

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, (C(6)H(9)N(2))(2)[Cu(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(2)], contains half of a [Cu(pydc)(2)](2-) (pydcH(2) is pyridine-2,6-dicarb-oxy-lic acid) anion and one protonated 2-amino-4-methyl-pyridine (2a4mpH)(+) counter-ion. The anion is a six-coordinated complex with a distorted CuN(2)O(4) octa-hedral geometry around the Cu(II) ion. N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds along with π-π contacts between the pyridine rings of the (2a4mpH)(+) cations [centroid-centroid distance = 3.

2-Amino-4-methyl-pyridinium 6-carb-oxy-pyridine-2-carboxyl-ate methanol monosolvate.

In the title solvated molecular salt, C(6)H(9)N(2) (+)·C(7)H(4)NO(4) (-)·CH(4)O, the pyridine N atom of 2-amino-4-methyl-pyridine is protonated and one carboxyl group of pyridine-2,6-dicarb-oxy-lic acid is deprotonated. The dihedral angles between the -CO(2) and -COH groups and the pyridine ring are 0.65 (13) and 7.