Acta Crystallographica Section E (Jan 2011)
Diaquabis(5-carboxy-2-propyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylato-κ2N3,O4)cobalt(II) 3.5-hydrate
Abstract
In the title complex, [Co(C8H9N2O4)2(H2O)2]·3.5H2O, the CoII cation is six-coordinated by two H2pimda− ligands (H3pimda is 2-propyl-1H-imidazole-4,5-carboxylic acid) and two water molecules in a distorted octahedral environment. The crystal structures features a three-dimensional network stabilized by extensive O—H...O and N—H...O hydrogen bonds. The propyl groups of the ligands are disordered over two sets of sites with refined occupancies of 0.673 (8):0.327 (8) and 0.621 (17):0.379 (17). One of the water molecules is located on a site with half-occupancy.