Copper(II) complex with piperidine-4-carboxylic acid (HPipe-4), Cu ( HPipe -4) 4 ( ClO 4 ) 2 ( I ) was prepared and characterized by IR, X-ray diffraction, and thermal analysis. The crystal is orthorhombic withThe copper atom has a square surrounding and is coordinated by four carboxylato oxygen atoms in monodentate coordination mode. Full-matrix least-squares refinements gave a final R value of 0.0723 for 22169 reflections. The complex consists of two perpendicularly arranged molecules differing slightly in conformations and shows a three-dimensional polymeric structure formed by hydrogen bonds.