The title complex has been synthesized by using terephthalic acid (PTA), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and copper monohydrate. It crystallizes in monoclinic space group C2/c with a=2.959 0(2) nm, b=1.466 4(10) nm, c=1.764 3(12) nm, β=105.593(11)°, V=7.372(9) nm 3, D c=1.489 g·cm -3, Z=8, F(000)=3 416, R 1=0.043 6, wR 2= 0.151 9. The crystal structure shows that the copper atom is coordinated with four nitrogen atoms from two phens and one oxygen atom from one terephthalic acid, forming a distorted square-pyramid coordination geometry. The cycl...