Tetra-kis(μ-2-anilinobenzoato)bis-[methano-lcopper(II)](Cu-Cu).

The title compound, [Cu2(C13H10NO2)4(CH4O)2], has been prepared by the reaction of 2-anilinobenzoic acid, HL, with copper(II) nitrate in methanol. This dinuclear complex is arranged around an inversion center. Each Cu atom displays a distorted trigonal–pyramidal coordination with four O atoms from the four ligands L and one axial O atom of the methanol solvent mol­ecule. Each carboxyl­ate group of the ligands L links two Cu atoms, building a dinuclear complex with a Cu—Cu distance of 2.5774 (10) A. There are intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and the H atom of the methanol mol­ecule is involved in weak bifurcated hydrogen-bonding inter­actions with two carboxyl­ate O atoms of related mol­ecules, forming a chain developing parallel to the a axis.