Aqua(3-fluorobenzoato-κO)(3-fluorobenzoato-κ2O,O′)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)cobalt(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Co(C7H4FO2)2(C12H8N2)(H2O)], the CoII ion is coordinated by two O atoms from one 3-fluorobenzoate (fb) ligand and one O atom from another fb ligand, two N atoms from the 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and a water molecule in a distorted octahedral geometry. An intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bond occurs. Intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds link pairs of molecules into centrosymmetric dimers. Weak intermolecular C—H...O and C—H...F hydrogen bonds and π–π interactions between the aromatic rings [shortest centroid–centroid distance = 3.4962 (2) Å] further stabilize the crystal packing.