Abstract. M r=390.2, monoclinic, P21/a, a= 11.878(1), b=15.698(3), c= 9.027 (1) A, /~= 100.9 (5) ° , U=1653(3)A 3, Z=4, Dx=1.57(1), D,,, = 1.55 (1) g cm -3, 2(Cu Ka) = 1.5418 A,, g = 56.7 cm -l, F(000) = 804, T= 293 K. Final R = 0.047 for 2450 reflections. The V atom is octahedrally coordinated to the vanadyl O, two carboxyl O atoms and one N from the tridentate iminodiacetate ligand, and to two N atoms from the bidentate bipyridyl ligand. The structure consists of individual complexes and two loosely bound molecules of water of crystallization.