Cu(C 7H 10N20) 2] (CIO4) 2, C 14H 20C uN4-O~+.2CIO~, M r = 538.8, monoclinic, P2~/c, a = 8.3147 (7), b = 10.3410(7), c = 15-1192 (8) A, fl= 127.74 (1) °, Z = 2, D c= 1.74, D m = 1.74 (2) Mg m-3; R = ~ IAFI/~ IFol = 0.029 for 1715 reflections used in the refinement. In this centrosymmetric complex 2dimethylaminopyridine 1-oxide acts as a bidentate ligand with Cu coordinated in a square-planar configuration to trans oxygen and amine N donor atoms. Bond lengths from Cu to O(1) and N(2) are 1.897 and 2-052 (2) A, and they make an angle of 83.2 (1) ° at Cu. The C10; anions are above and below the coordination plane with a shortest Cu-O contact of 2.656 (2) /~. This Cu-O contact makes an angle of 81.5 o with the coordination plane.