D. Poleti et al., Bis[mu-(hydrogen benzene-1,2-dicarboxylato)-O : O ']bis[bis(1,10-phenanthroline-N,N ')cobalt(II)] bis(hydrogen benzene-1,2-dicarboxylate) dihydrate, ACT CRYST C, 55, 1999, pp. 2061-2063
The structure of the title compound, [Co-2(C8H5O4)(2)(C12H8N2)(4)](C8H5O4)(
2). 2H(2)O, consists of centrosymmetric dimeric [Co-2(mu-C8H5O4)(2)(C12H8N2
)(4)](2+) complex units, hydrogen benzene-1,2-dicarboxylate (C8H5O4-) count
er-ions and water solvate molecules. The Co-II ions display a distorted oct
ahedral environment, with Co-N distances in the range 2.134 (2)-2.170 (3) A
ngstrom, and Co-O distances of 2.066 (2) and 2.082 (2) Angstrom. A short in
tramolecular hydrogen bond is found in the uncoordinated C8H5O4- ions, with
an O ... O distance of 2.381 (7) Angstrom. The cations, anions and water m
olecules are connected by three O-H ... O hydrogen bonds of 2.530 (4), 2.69
8 (6) and 2.805 (4) Angstrom.