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The title compound, [Cu2(C8H4O4)(C12H8N2)4](ClO4)2, was prepared from the hydro­thermal reaction of CuCl2, 1,4‐di­cyano­benzene, 1,10‐phenanthroline and water at 443 K. The compound is a dimer in which the cation lies about an inversion center. The terephthalate moiety acts as a bridging ligand and the phenanthrolines as terminal ligands. The unique Cu atom is coordinated by two O and four N atoms in a distorted octahedral geometry, with Cu—O distances of 1.955 (2) and 2.815 (2) Å, and Cu—N distances of 2.008 (2) to 2.216 (2) Å.

The title centrosymmetric CuIIbinuclear complex, bis(μ‐N,N‐diethyl‐1,1‐di­seleno­carbamato‐Se,Se′:Se)­bis­[(N,N‐diethyl‐1,1‐di­seleno­carbamato‐Se,Se′)copper(II)], [Cu(Se2CNEt2)2]2or [Cu2(C5H10NSe2)4], is built from two symmetry‐related [Cu{Se2CN(Et)2}2] units by pairs of Cu—Se bonds. The coordination geometry at the unique Cu atom is distorted square pyramidal, with Cu—Se distances in the range 2.4091 (11)—2.9095 (10) Å.