Bis(2-amino-4-methyl-pyridinium) trans-diaqua-bis-(pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxyl-ato)cuprate(II) hexa-hydrate.

The title compound, (C(6)H(9)N(2))(2)[Cu(C(6)H(2)N(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·6H(2)O, consists of a mononuclear trans-Cu(pzdc)(2)(H(2)O)(2) dianion (pzdc is pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxyl-ate) and two ampyH cations (ampy is 2-amino-4-methyl-pyridine) with six water mol-ecules of solvation. The Cu(II) atom is hexa-coordinated by two pzdc groups and two water mol-ecules. The coordinated water mol-ecules are in trans-diaxial positions and the pzdc dianion acts as a bidentate ligand through an O atom of the carboxyl-ate group and the N atom of the pyrazine ring. There are diverse hydrogen-bonding inter-actions, such as N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O contacts, which lead to the formation of a three-dimensional supra-molecular architecture.