Aqua(pyridine-κN)(N-salicylideneglycinato-κ3N,O,O′)copper(II)

In both of the two independent molecules of the title compound, [Cu(C9H7NO3)(C5H5N)(H2O)], the copper atom is in a square-pyramidal coordination with the apical site occupied by water. The two molecules are related by a non-crystallographic center of inversion. Hydrogen bonds link symmetry-equivalent molecules into zigzag chains that run along the a axis of the orthorhombic unit cell.