Zhang Tingting, Zhang Tao, Xu Feng, Liang Hongze
State Key Laboratory Base of Novel Functional Materials and Preparation Science, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, People's Republic of China.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2009 Apr 22;65(Pt 5):m543-4. doi: 10.1107/S1600536809013701.
The dinuclear title compound, [Co(2)(C(10)H(8)N(4)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(4)]·6H(2)O, lies about an inversion centre. Each Co(II) atom is six-coordinated by two water mol-ecules, two carboxyl-ate O atoms and two N atoms of two symmetry-related 2,2'-bi-1H-imidazole-1,1'-diacetate (L(2-)) ligands in a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry. Mol-ecules are linked into a three-dimensional framework via O-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.