Complexes of Cu II with 2-(benzylamino)-2-deoxy-Dglycero-D-talo heptonic acid (BnMa) and 2-(benzylamino)-2-deoxy-D-glycero-L-gluco heptonic acid (BnGa) were prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, thermal data, i.r., electronic and e.s.r, spectra, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and X-ray powder diffraction. The metal:ligand stoichiometry of these complexes is 1:2 and coordination around Cu n seems to be octahedral, with the ligands bound through the N atom of the amino group and O atoms of the bridging carboxylate group.