Methanol[4-nitro-2-(pyridin-2-ylmethylimino-methyl)phenolato](thiocyanato)copper(II)

The title compound, [Cu(C13H10N3O3)(NCS)(CH4O)], is a mononuclear copper(II) complex. The Cu-II atom has a square-pyramidal geometry. In the basal plane, the Cu atom is coordinated by two N atoms and one O atom of the Schiff base, and by the N atom of a thiocyanate anion. The apical position is occupied by the O atom of a coordinated MeOH molecule. In the crystal structure, the molecules are linked via intermolecular O - H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds, forming chains parallel to the b axis.