The title compound, [Cu(hpydc)(DMP)].5H2O (2) (where H2hpydc and DMP are 4-hydroxypyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid and 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, respectively), was synthesized via the proton transfer method and its structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system with P2/c space group and the unit cell parameters are...