(Piperidine-kN)[N-(salicylidene)phenylalaninato-k3 0,N,0']copper(II)

The tridentate Schiff base ligand derived from the condens­ation of salicyl­aldehyde and l-phenyl­alanine, in the presence of piperidine, when reacted with copper sulfate pentahydrate, forms a polymeric square pyramidal five-coord­inate copper complex, [Cu(C17H14O3)(C4H10N2)]. The axial position of the square pyramid is occupied by the carboxyl O atoms of a neighboring mol­ecule.