Pentaaqua(1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxylato-κN3)cobalt(II) pentahydrate

Abstract

In the title mononuclear complex, [Co(C9H4N2O4)(H2O)5]·5H2O, the CoII atom exhibits a distorted octahedral geometry involving an N atom of a 1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxylate ligand and five water O atoms. A supramolecular network is generated through intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions involving the coordinated and uncoordinated water molecules and the carboxyl O atoms of the organic ligand. An intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bond is also observed.