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Abstract A new benzyls pendant-armed macrobicyclic heterbinuclear Cu(Ⅱ)-Ni(Ⅱ) complex has been obtained by template-directed synthesis and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra, electrospray mass spectra, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The complex was bridged by two phenolic oxygens and an acetate radical, with the Cu(Ⅱ)-Ni(Ⅱ) distance of 2.9292(8) A. The hydrolytic function, CT-DNA binding and antibacterial properties were also studied. The initial rate values for the hydrolysis of 4-nitophenylphosphate to 4-nitrophenolate by the Cu(Ⅱ)-Ni(Ⅱ) complex was 1.33 × 10−5 s−1, and 104 times faster than that the spontaneous hydrolysis of the phosphate monoester. The complex shows a better binding property to CT-DNA and the intrinsic binding constant is 1.29 × 105 M−1. The Stern-Volmer constant is 1.25 × 105 M−1. The viscosity increased obviously with the increase of complex concentration, the results showed that the complex bind to DNA through intercalation mode, which was in accordance with the absorption and emission spectral studies. The antibacterial activities against E.coli was also investigated using the Gentamycinas reference system.