Yu Ling Wang1, Rong Cao, Wen Hua Bi. 1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People's Republic of China. wy176@ms.fjirsm.ac.cn
Abstract
In the title compound, [Co(C(5)H(3)N(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)].C(10)H(8)N(2), the Co atom is trans-coordinated by two pairs of N and O atoms from two monoanionic 4,5-dicarboxyimidazole ligands, and by two O atoms from two coordinated water molecules, in a distorted octahedral geometry. The 4,4'-bipyridine solvent molecule is not involved in coordination but is linked by an N-H...N hydrogen bond to the neutral [Co(C(5)H(3)N(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)] molecule. Both molecules are located on inversion centers. The crystal packing is stabilized by N-H...N and O-H...O hydrogen bonds, which produce a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network. Offset pi-pi stacking interactions between the pyridine rings of adjacent 4,4'-bipyridine molecules were observed, with a face-to-face distance of 3.345 (1) angstroms.
In the title compound, [n class="Chemical">Co(C(5)H(3)N(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)].C(10)H(8)N(2), the Co atom is trans-coordinated by two pairs of N and O atoms from two monoanionic 4,5-dicarboxyimidazole ligands, and by two O atoms from two coordinated water molecules, in a distorted octahedral geometry. The 4,4'-bipyridine solvent molecule is not involved in coordination but is linked by an N-H...N hydrogen bond to the neutral [Co(C(5)H(3)N(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)] molecule. Both molecules are located on inversion centers. The crystal packing is stabilized by N-H...N and O-H...O hydrogen bonds, which produce a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network. Offset pi-pi stacking interactions between the pyridine rings of adjacent 4,4'-bipyridine molecules were observed, with a face-to-face distance of 3.345 (1) angstroms.