metal-organic compounds
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The Co2+ ion in the title compound, Rb[Co(C3H7NO3)(H2O)5][H6CoMo6O24]·C3H7NO3·10H2O, is coordinated by five water molecules and one O-monodentate L-serine ligand in a slightly distorted octahedral geometry. The Rb+ ion is irregularly coordinated by nine O atoms. In the crystal, the [H6CoIIIMo6O24]3− polyanions are stacked along the b-axis direction, mediated by bridging Rb—O bonds. N—HO and O—HO hydrogen bonds are observed involving the L-serine molecules.