Poly[[μ(2)-1,2-bis-(4-pyrid-yl)ethene-κN:N']-di-μ(3)-bromido-dicopper(I)].

In the title polymeric Cu(I) compound, [Cu(2)Br(2)(C(12)H(10)N(2))](n), the Cu cation is coordinated by an N atom from the 1,2-bis-(4-pyrid-yl)ethene ligand and three Br(-) anions in a distorted tetra-hedral CuBr(3)N coordination geometry. Each Br(-) anion bridges three Cu cations related by inversion centers, forming a stair-like polymeric chain along the a axis, and the terminal N atoms of the 1,2-bis-(4-pyrid-yl)ethene ligand, located across an inversion center, coordinate the Cu cations from neighboring chains, forming polymeric sheets.